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Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocida: Volvocina: Volvocidae

 Yamagishiella unicocca
Nozaki, 1981

Eudorina Genus:
Species:

Yamagishiella unicocca (or Eudorina cylindrica ?), a colony of 32 cells 44 μm long, 33.5 μm wide, cells 7 μm in diam., x 640, Japan, October 2000, 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

E. elegans Ehrenberg: A colony composed of 32 or 64 cells in a smooth-layered gelatinous envelope 60-120 μm diam. Vegetative cells spherical, 8-10 μm diam., with 2 flagella, 1 chloroplast cup-shaped, 1 pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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