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Xanthophyceae: Mischococcales: Characiopsidaceae

 Characiopsis sp.
Borzi

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:
Similar genus -->> Characium; Chlorothecium;

Characiopsis sp. (Characiopsidaceae, Mischococcales, Xanthophyceae) (or Characium ?), cell body 62 μm long, 7 μm wide, x 640, Fukada Park, Sanda city, Hyogo Pref., Japan, November 2001 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
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