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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae

Dicloster sp.

Dicloster Genus: Planktonic; colony of 4 (or 2 or 8) cells; cell body crescent in shape, both ends drawn out as spiny projections; two cells attached each other at the outward mid-region forming "X"-shaped pairs, two pairs attached at the extreme of the cells; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with two pyrenoids (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Selenastrum;


Dicloster sp., cell body 45 μm long, 5 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Karasu-ga-mori park, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Nishi-nasuno town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 4, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Dicloster Dicloster

Images of collecting locality: Karasu-ga-mori park, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Nishi-nasuno town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 4, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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