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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

 Nephrocytium shilleri

Nephrocytium Genus: Colony of 4, 8 or 16 cells, within a gelatinous sheath, which is spherical or ellipsoidal in shape; cell body broad crescent in shape, both ends rounded; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Oocystis;

Nephrocytium sp. (N. shilleri (Kammerer) Comas ?), cell body broad crescent in shape, both ends rounded (or banana-shaped), 19 μm long, 4-8 μm wide, x 640, Naga-ike (pond), Shinbaru, Sue-machi (Sue town), Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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