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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae

Scenedesmus acutus
f. antenniformis Uherkovich

Scenedesmus Genus: Colonies of 4 (or 2, 8, 16) cells attached side by side, arranged linearly or zigzag; cell body elliptical or spindle or crescent in shape; terminal cells with spiny projections in many species; cell wall usually smooth, but in some species granulated or dented or ridged (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Scenedesmus sp., cell body 9 μm long, 2.5 μm wide, x 640, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Scenedesmus Scenedesmus

Scenedesmus acutus f. antenniformis Uherkovich, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400 ?, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Scenedesmus


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