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Xanthophyceae: Mischococcales: Characiopsidaceae

Characiopsis saccata
N. Carter

Characiopsis Genus: Unicellular, attached on a substrate at one end of the cell; cell body slightly curved, ovoidal or cylidrical in shape; 1 or two chloroplasts plate-like, without pyrenoids (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: Cell body 20-50 μm long, 10 μm wide; (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 3, Xanthophyceae 1, 1978).
Similar genus -->> Characium; Chlorothecium;


Characiopsis saccata N. Carter ?, cell body 30-38 μm long, 6-8 μm wide, x 400, x 640, rice field, near City Hall, Fujimi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 11, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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