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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae

Gloeomonas tecta
(Skuja) Ettl H. et O. 1959
Syn. Chlamydomonas tecta Skuja 1956

Gloeomonas Species: Cell body broad ellipsoidal, cylindrical, or inverted ovoid, both ends rounded, 20-32 μm long, 13-27 μm wide; cellwall thick; covered by two layers of gelatinous sheaths; papilla broad, short, rounded at corners; length of flagella nearly the same as that of cell body; chloroplast cup-shaped, filling whole cell; stigma rounded, at equator or slightly anterior; nucleus centrally located; two apical contractile vacuoles at the base of flagella.
[var. subporosa (Skuja) Ettl 1993]: Cell body larger (26-28 x 25-32 μm); inner cellwall finely porous; sexual reproduction by heterogamy (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).


Gloeomonas tecta (Skuja) Ettl H. et O. 1959 ?, cell body 34 μm long, 28 μm wide (including gelatinous coats), x 640, Kawaguchi Natural Park, Sama, Kawaguchi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 29, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Gloeomonas tecta, cell body 21 μm long, 16 μm wide, double-layered gelatinous coats about 3 μm in thickness, x 640, Kawaguchi Natural Park, Sashima, Kawaguchi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 29, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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