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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Hydrodictyaceae

Pediastrum sp.
Meyen

Pediastrum 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:
Similar species -->> P. angulosum;


Pediastrum sp. Meyen ?, colony of 24 cells (right), 125 μm long, 140 μm wide, x 640, a small pond near Yamaguchi university, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Pref., November 21, 2004, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Pediastrum Pediastrum Pediastrum Pediastrum


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