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Trebouxiophyceae (Pleurastrophyceae): Pleurastrales
(Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae)

 Trebouxia sp.

Trebouxia Genus: Subaerial algae or a algal component of lichens; unicells; cell body 10-15 μm in diam., chlorplast(s) star-shaped or aggregated, with a single pyrenoid at the center (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Trebouxia sp. or Sphaerocystis ?, cell body spherical, 6-12 μm in diam., chloroplasts parietal with one large pyrenoid, x 400, x 640, Kawagoe, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trebouxia Trebouxia

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