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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Franceia sp.

Franceia Genus: Unicellular; planktonic; cell body oval or ellipsoidal, both ends rounded, covered with many elongated spiny-projections; one or 2-4 chloroplasts parietal plate-like with a single pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:


Franceia ovalis (France) Lemmermann ?, cell body 12 μm long, 9-10 μm wide, x 640, Jizoh-bori at Sannoh Park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 9, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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