Family: Colonies or unicells; planktonic or benthic; cell body spherical or ellipsoidal in shape, embedded within a gelatinous sheath; (Introduction to the Freshwater Algae, 1999).
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Chlamydocapsa sp. or Gloeocystis ? 16 x 11 μm Tane-ike Togakushi highland Nagano, 2005

Chlamydocapsa sp. or Gloeocystis ? 11-19 x 8-16 μm Kabuto-yama Nishi-no-miya Hyogo, 2004

Chlamydocapsa ? or Asterococcus ? 11-19 x 8-16 μm Watarase Tochigi, 2001

Similar Genus -->> Gloeocystis; Asterococcus; Chlamydomonoas; Chlorococcum;

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