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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 75 μm long, 70 μm wide, L/W=1.1, x 640, No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Vacuolaria virescens Vacuolaria virescens Vacuolaria virescens
Vacuolaria virescens Vacuolaria virescens

Images of collecting locality: No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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