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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Kirchneriella lunaris
(Kirchner) Moebius

Genus: Colonies of 4, 8, 16 or 32 cells in a gelatinous sheath; cell body long cylindroid, strongly curved or twisted, both ends rounded; a chloroplast full within the cell; a single pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: Colonies of 4-32 cells within a gelatinous matrix, cells crescent in shape, termini rounded, 8-12 μm long, 3-6 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Cell body tapered toward the ends
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
terminal rounded
cell 17 x 2.3 μm
Abiko
Chiba, 2000
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
terminal rounded
x 3 μm
Nishi-nasuno
Tochigi, 2001
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
terminal rounded
15 x 5 μm
Japan, 1997
Kirchneriella lunaris
K. lunaris
15 x 4 μm
terminal rounded ?
Kiyose
Tokyo, 2001
Kirchneriella lunaris
K. lunaris
14 x 3 μm
Kosugi
Toyama, 2002
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
20 x 4 μm
Kawashima
or Kawajima
Saitama, 2002
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
x 5 μm
terminal tapered
Abiko
Chiba, 2000
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
terminal tapered
x 3 μm
Japan, 2000
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
terminal tapered
x 4-5 μm
near Yamaguchi Univ.
Yamaguchi, 2004
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris ?
Selenastrum ?
terminal tapered
18 x 5.5 μm
Mizumoto Park
Tokyo, 2001
Kirchneriella lunaris
K. lunaris ?
Selenastrum ?
terminal tapered
20 x 5 μm
Kawagoe
Saitama, 2002
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris ?
μm
Chiba-Minato Park
Chiba, 2003
Kirchneriella lunaris
K. lunaris ?
18-28 x 3-6 μm
Iruma river
Kawagoe
Saitama, 2004
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris ?
17 x 4 μm
water reservoir
near Yamaguchi Univ.
Yamaguchi, 2004
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris ?
Selenastrum ?
30 x 7 μm
Imou bog
Toyohashi
Aichi, 2004
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris ?
Selenastrum ?
30 x 7 μm
Kabuto-yama
Nishi-no-miya
Hyogo, 2004
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris ?
13 x 3 μm
Tane-ike
Togakushi highland
Nagano, 2005
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris ?
18 x 5 μm
Hasu-ike
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2005
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
20 x 4 μm
Futayo-no-ike
Haguro mountain
Yamagata, 2005
Kirchneriella
K. lunaris
μm
near Omine mt.
Minakami
Gunma, 2007
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