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, colony 52 μm in diam., cell body nearly spherical, about 10-11 μm in diam., x 640, Mizuko-kaizuka park, Fujimi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 9, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Gonium pectorale Gonium pectorale


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