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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Hydrodictyaceae

Pediastrum angulosum
(Ehrenberg) Meneghini var. angulosum
Syn.: P. araneosum (Raciborski) G.M. Smith var. rugulosum (G.M. West) G.M. Smith

Pediastrum angulosum Genus: Colonies of a fixed number of cells, flat, circular in shape; cell body polygonal in shape, with horn-like projections; cell wall garanulated, wrinkled or notched; chloroplasts plate-like or reticular; asexual reproduction by zoospore; sexual reproduction by isogametes (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Colonies of 8, 16, 32, 64 cells, without perforations; basal parts of the marginal cells polygonal, usually 4- to 5-sides; outer sides concave, incision V- or U-shaped, with two conical processes; cell wall with irregularly reticulate ridge (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 18, 1997).
Simiar species -->> P. duplex var. rugulosum (with perforations);


Pediastrum angulosum (Ehrenberg) Meneghini var. angulosum (Syn.: Pediastrum araneosum (Raciborski) G.M. Smith var. rugulosum), colony of 16 cells, 95 μm in diam., x 640, near Imori pond, Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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Pediastrum angulosum Pediastrum angulosum


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