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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Nephrocytium shilleri
Comas

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 shilleri Comas ?, colony 56 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=1.9, cell body about 20 μm long, 6 μm wide, L/W=3.3, x 640, No.2, Southern lakeside of Lake Shirakaba, Tateshina town & Chino city, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 16, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Nephrocytium shilleri Nephrocytium shilleri Nephrocytium shilleri

Images of collecting locality: No.2, Southern lakeside of Lake Shirakaba, Tateshina town & Chino city, Nagano Pref., Japan, July 16, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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