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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Micractiniaceae

Micractinium pusillum
Fresenius var. pusillum

Micractinium Family: Unicellular or Colonial; cell body spherical, with one or more spiny projections; a single cup-shaped chloroplast with a pyrenoid; asexual reproduction by zoospore or autospore; sexual reproduction by fertilization between egg and sperm.
Genus: Colonial; cell body with 2 or more spiny hairs (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Similar genus --> Golenkinia; Franceia; Acanthosphaera;


Micractinium pusillum Fresenius var. pusillum, cell body 6 μm in diam., spiny projections up to 30 μm long, x 640, Kenmin-kenko-fukushi-mura Park, Koshigaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Micractinium Micractinium

Micractinium pusillum Fresenius var. pusillum, cell body 11 μm in diam., spiny projections up to 60 μm long, x 640, Kenmin-kenko-fukushi-mura Park, Koshigaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Micractinium Micractinium

Images of collecting locality: Kenmin-kenko-fukushi-mura Park, Koshigaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

Micractinium pussillum Fresenius var. elegans G. M. Smith: a colony of 4-32 spherical cells, cell body 3-5 μm diam., with 2-3 needle-like projections 20-30 μm long, a single cup-shaped chloroplast with a pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


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