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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Oocystaceae)

Polyedriopsis spinulosa
Schmidle

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: Cell body polygonal, wtih 2-3 spiny projections at each corner, 12-15 μm in diam., spines 10-15 μm long; a chloroplast plate-like, with a single pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar genus -->> Tetraedron; Pseudopolyedriopsis;


Polyedriopsis spinulosa, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Flower park, Tomita, Ashikaga city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, October 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Polyedriopsis spinulosa Polyedriopsis spinulosa


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