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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Phacotaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Phacotidae

Pteromonas aculeata
Lemmermann 1900

Pteromonas Species: Sheath 34-35 μm long, 19-37 μm wide, 8.5-15 μm thick (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983). Sheath 23-30 μm long, 20-25 μm wide; cell body ellipsoidal, 17-21 μm long, 9-15 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Pteromonas aculeata Lemmermann, cell body 21 μm long, 12 μm wide, sheath 30 μm long, 18 μm wide, 12 μm thick, x 640, Showa-machi general park, Showa town, Saitama Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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