Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Dictyosphaeriaceae
(formerly Xanthophyceae: Mischococcales: Chlorobotrydaceae)

Botryococcus sudetica
Lemmermann
Syn.: Botryosphaera sudetica (Lemmerman) Chodat
-> Botryosphaerella sudetica (Lemmermann) P.C. Silva 1970

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).
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B. sudetica cell 8 μm φ Kenashitai Hakkoda mountain Aomori, 2005	B. sudetica cell 8-10 μm φ Mida-ga-hara Gassan (mt) Yamagata, 2006	B. sudetica cell 10-12 μm φ Jodo-daira Azuma mountain Fukushima, 2006	B. sudetica cell 10-12 μm φ Midagahara Tate-yama Toyama, 2006
B. sudetica cell 12-15 μm φ Watarase-yusuichi Fujioka Tochigi, 2005	B. sudetica cell 4-8 μm φ near Town Hall Shobu Saitama, 2004
B. sudetica cell 8-10 μm φ J. Skunk Cabbage m. Tsugaike highland Nagano, 2006	B. sudetica cell 10-12 μm φ Tanohara marsh Shiga highland Nagano, 2004	B. sudetica cell 14 μm φ Tanohara marsh Shiga highland Nagano, 2005	B. sudetica cell 9-11 μm φ Tanohara marsh 2 Shiga highland Nagano, 2007
B. sudetica with B. braunii cell 7-8 μm φ Tanohara Natural p. Ontake highland Nagano, 2005	B. sudetica cell 10-13 μm φ Kowashimizu Suwa Nagano, 2005

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