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Chlorophyceae: Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae
Chlamydophyceae: Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae

 Gloeocystis sp.

Gloeocystis 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:

Gloeocystis gigas (or Chlamydocapsa sp. ?), cell body 24 μm long, 21 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.5, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, November 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: No.5, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, November 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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