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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Micractiniaceae

Micractinium sp.
Fresenius

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 sp., cell body 6 μm in diam., spiny projections up to 13 μm long, x 640, Jionji-shinsui-koen (Jion temple water park), Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Micractinium

Images of collecting locality: Jionji-shinsui-koen (Jion temple water park), Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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