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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Oocystaceae)

Tetraedron incus
(Teiling) G.M. Smith var. irregulare G.M. Smith

Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species [ var. irregulare ]: Unicells, planktonic; cell body flat, subpyramidate, 10-17 μm long; two sides shallowly and the other two sides deeply concave; angles tapered into long, straight or slightly curved spines (10-29 μm long); cell wall smooth; a single chloroplast plate-like, with a pyrenoid (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 17, 1996).
Tetraedron
T. incus
35 μm
Shinobazu-ike
Ueno
Tokyo, 2001
Tetraedron
T. incus
or Goniochloris ?
39 μm
Shikinawa-ike
Fukuoka, 2001
Tetraedron
T. incus
38 μm
Shikinawa-ike
Fukuoka, 2001
Tetraedron
T. incus
40 μm
Sue-machi
Fukuoka, 2001
Tetraedron incus
T. incus ?
μm
O-ike park
Yabuki
Fukushima, 2003
Tetraedron
T. incus
μm
Kenmin-kenko f.m.
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2006
Similar genus -->> Tetraedriella (Xanthophyceae); Goniochloris (Xanthophyceae);

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