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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 sp., cell body ellipsoid, 13 μm long, 10 μm wide, hairy spines up to 8 μm long, x 400, x 640, Shinobazu-ike (pond), Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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Franceia Franceia

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