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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Merismopediaceae

Aphanocapsa

Aphanocapsa Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: A colony of spherical cells; each cell is not covered with a sheath, instead cells are scattered within a gelatinous matrix; the distance between cells is usually longer than their diameter (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Aphanocapsa (or Microcystis ?), cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Senjo-ga-hara (marsh), Nikko city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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