Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Dictyosphaeriaceae
(formerly Xanthophyceae: Mischococcales: Chlorobotrydaceae)
Botryococcus braunii ?
Kützing
Genus: Cells aggregate irregular in shape; cells connected by thin filaments;
cell body ovoid, 6-10 μm long, 3-6 μm width; a chloroplast plate-like
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
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Botryococcus braunii Kützing,
colony (right) 45 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, Iroha-numa (marsh/bog), Zao mountain, Yamagata city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 2, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No. 1, Iroha-numa (marsh/bog), Zao mountain, Yamagata city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 2, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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