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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcaceae

 Planktosphaeria sp.

Planktosphaeria Genus: Unicellular or colonial within a gelatinous sheath; planktonic; cell body spherical; 1 or several chloroplasts cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar genus --> Dictyosphaerium

Planktosphaeria ?, cell body spherical, 4-6 μm in diam., 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
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