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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

 Selenastrum sp.


Selenastrum Genus: Colonies of 4, 8 or 16 cells; planktonic; body crescent in shape; tapered at both ends; cells attached to each other at dorsal surface; a chloroplast curved plate-like, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Kirchneriella; Ankistrodesmus; Selenodictyum;

Selenastrum sp., cell body 25 μm long, 2 μm wide, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Selenastrum Selenastrum

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