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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 ?), colonies of 8 cells embedded within a gelatinous matrix, cell body nearly spherical, 7 μm in diam., x 640, Shirahata-numa, Musashi-Urawa, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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Coenochloris pyrenoidosa Korschikoff: Colonies of 4, 8, 16 cells, covered with a miculagenous envelop; cell body 2-9 micron in diam., globular in shape; chloroplasts cup-shaped with a pyrenoid; daughter cells 4 or 8; cup-like remnants of mother cell wall visible around the daughter cells (Photomicrog. Freshw. Alg. 13: 7, 1994)

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