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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae

Scenedesmus lunatus
(W. et G.S. West) Chodat
Syn.: S. denticulatus Lagerheim var. lunatus W. et G.S. West

Scenedesmus lunatus 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: Cell body cylindrical, outer cells slightly curved outward, 9.5-11 μm long, 3.5-4 μm wide; each cell with three short spiny projections at both ends (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> S. denticulatus; S. brasiliensis;


Scenedesmus lunatus (W. et G.S. West) Chodat, cell body 8 μm long, 3.5 μm wide, x 640, Kanayama green park, Kiyose city, Tokyo, Japan, August 2001 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
Scenedesmus Scenedesmus


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