Gonium Gonium

Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocica: Volvocina: Goniidae

Gonium formosum
Pascher 1927

Gonium Species: Colonies of 16 cells arranged with equal distances; interspace present between gelatinous coats of the cells; cell body ovoid or ellipsoid in shape, 10-13 μm in diam.; chloroplast with a single pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Gonium formosum, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, near Yanase river, Mizuko, Fujimi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, December 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Gonium formosum Gonium formosum Gonium formosum Gonium formosum
Gonium formosum Gonium formosum Gonium formosum Gonium formosum
Gonium formosum Gonium formosum

Gonium pectorale, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, near Yanase river, Mizuko, Fujimi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, December 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Gonium pectorale Gonium pectorale


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