Chlorophyceae:
Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae
Chlamydophyceae: Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae
Gloeocystis gigas
Genus: Colonies spherical or aggregates in shape; sheath conspicuous; cell body spherical in shape;
chloroplasts cup-shaped or plate-like (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).
Species:
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Gloeocystis gigas (or Chlamydocapsa sp. ?),
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cell body 20 μm long, 17 μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640
Gloeocystis gigas,
cell body 16-18 μm long, 14 μm wide,
x 640, Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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