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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Radiococcaceae

 Coenochloris sp.
Korsikov

Coenochloris Genus: Colony of 4, 8, 16 (sometimes more) cells, planktonic; 4 or 8 daughter colonies within a gelatinous sheath; remnants of mother cell wall present around the daughter cells; cell body spherical; a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:

Coenochloris sp. (pyrenoidosa ?), cell body spherical, 8 μm in diam., x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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Coenochloris Coenochloris

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