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Raphidophyceae: Raphidomonadales
Raphidomonadida

Vacuolaria virescens
Cienkowski

Vacuolaria Genus: Unicellular; planktonic; cell body flat, ovoidal; two flagella emerging from anterior end, one extends anteriorly and another posteriorly; a reservoir and a contractile vacuole present, trichocysts absent; many chloroplasts ellipsoidal in shape, light green in color (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar genus ->> Gonyostomum;


Vacuolaria virescens Cienkowski, cell body 46 μm long, 35 μm wide, x 640, Karakemi marsh, Yasaka, Omachi city (formerly Yasaka village), Nagano Pref., Japan, May 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Karakemi marsh, Yasaka, Omachi city (formerly Yasaka village), Nagano Pref., Japan, May 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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