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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Hydrodictyaceae

Pediastrum biradiatum
Meyen

Pediastrum biradiatum 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).
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Pediastrum biradiatum, colonies of cells, colonies μm in diam., cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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Pediastrum Pediastrum


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