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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, 4 μm wide, x 640, Bessho-numa, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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