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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

 Eremosphaera sp.

Eremosphaera Family: Unicells or colonies of non-fixed number of cells; cell body variable in shape; one or more chloroplasts variable in shape; a sexual reproduction by autospore (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Genus: (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:

Eremosphaera (or Neospongiococcum ?), stock Tgu-1, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, cell body 9-58 μm in diam., x 400, x 640, Sakura city (formerly Ujiie town), Tochigi Pref., Japan. April 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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