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Chlorophyceae: Palmellales: Palmellaceae

Palmella sp.

Palmella Genus: Colony within a gelatinous bag; cells uniformly arranged at the peripheral matrix; cell body spherical or ellipsoidal; without pseudo-flagella; 2-4 cells form a small subset; a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998). Small colonies planktonic or large ones attached to other substrates (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Palmella mucosa Kützing ?, cell body spherical, 8-10 μm in diam., x 640, Komado marsh (or bog), Showa village and Tajima town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, August 22, 2004, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Palmella Palmella Palmella Palmella Palmella


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