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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae

Chlamydomonas
Ehrenberg 1833

Genus: Two flagella of equal length inserted close together into an anterior papilla of variable shape usually directed anteriorly; chloroplast form variable; usually 2 contractile vacuoles; cell division producing 2-8 zoospores; sexual reproduction usually isogamous, anisogamy and oogamy known but rare; > 500 species, mostly fresh water (Illustrated Guide, 1985). A large chloroplast; stigma; a single nucleus; two contractile vacuoles anterior (Kudo, 1966).
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Pseudagloë: Chloroplast centrally located, concaved at both ends; pyrenoid central; nucleus anterior
Chlamydomonas
C. biciliata ?
5 samples
9-15 μm
2000-2005
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp.
15 x 8 μm
st. present
Tachikawa
Tokyo, 2004
Chlamydomonas mutabilis
C. mutabilis
9 samples
18-31 μm
s: anterior
2003-2006
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp. ?
μm
Torinome Kasen p.
Kuroiso
Tochigi, 2004
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp. ?
μm
s: xxxx
Kodaira Central Park
Tokyo, 2003
Chlamydomonas
C. christensenii ?
23 x 18 μm
s: anterior
papilla present
Showa-machi G.P.
Showa
Saitama, 2003
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas ?
10-15 x 8-14 μm
s: xxxx
Fujioka
Tochigi, 2001
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas ?
12 x 10 μm
s: xxxx
Ishibashi
Tochigi, 2001
Similar genus -> Chloromonas; Chlorococcum;

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Chlamydomonas
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