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, cell body 12 μm long, 10.5 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.2, Kejo-numa, Furukawa-Ono, Osaki city (formerly Furukawa city), Miyagi Pref., Japan, October 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Gonium pectorale Gonium pectorale

Images of collecting locality: No.2, Kejo-numa, Furukawa-Ono, Osaki city (formerly Furukawa city), Miyagi Pref., Japan, October 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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