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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Kirchneriella lunaris
(Kirchner) Moebius

Kirchneriella lunaris 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).
Similar Genus -->> Selenastrum; Selenodictyum; Dimorphococcus;


Kirchneriella lunaris (Kirchner) Moebius , cell body 20 μm long, 4 μm wide, L/W=5, x 640, Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, July 10, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Kirchneriella Kirchneriella


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