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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Oocystaceae)

 Polyedriopsis sp.

Polyedriopsis Genus: Unicellular, planktonic; cell body flat tri- or quadrangular in shape, with hairy projections at each point; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with a pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Tetraedron; Pseudopolyedriopsis;

Polyedriopsis ?, cell body 31 μm long, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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