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

 Chloromonas rodhei
(Skuja) Gerloff et Ettl in Ettl 1970

Chloromonas Genus: Similar to Chlamydomonas, but pyrenoids absent.
Species: Cell body ellipsoidal in shape, 13-16 μm long, 9-13 μm wide; a nucleus located at the center of the cell body; a small stigma at anterior half of the cell; conical papillae present (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).

Chloromonas rodhei (Skuja) Gerloff et Ettl in Ettl 1970 (or C. hypolimnica ?), cell body broad ellipsoidal, 13.5-20 μm long, 10-16 μm wide, flagella about 18 μm long, a nucleus located at the center of the cell body, stigma at equatorial side or anterior half, small conical papillae present, x 640, Shimo-takatsu, Tsuchiura city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, July 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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Chloromonas Chloromonas Chloromonas
Chloromonas Chloromonas Chloromonas Chloromonas

Chloromonas maculata Korschikoff (Syn: Chamydomonas korschkoffii Pascher): Cell body spherical, 15-26 μm in diam.; 2 flagella approximately equal to cell-body length; papilla small, flat in shape; many chloroplast small plate-like, without pyrenoids; stigma elliptical; 2 contractile vacuoles at the base of flagella; nucleus located at the center of the cell body (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 17, 1996).

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