Gonium Gonium

Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocica: Volvocina: Goniidae

Gonium pectorale
Müller var. pectorale

Gonium Species: Colonies forming a slightly curved square or rhomboid, up to 65-90 μm in width; cell body up to 18-20 μm in diam. (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 2, 1984).


Gonium pectorale Müller, colonies of 8 cells, young colony 36 μm wide, mature colony 50 μm wide, mature cell body ellipsoidal, 14 μm long, 12 μm wide, chloroplast cup-shaped, a pyrenoid posterior, x 640, near Todoroki green land, Kawasaki city, Kanawaga Pref., Japan, May 26, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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