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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae

Coelastrum cambricum
Archer var. cambricum

Coelastrum Species: Colonies of 8, 16, 32 or 64 cells, spherical in shape; cells spherical, covered by a delicate gelatinous sheath; sheaths with 5 or 6 short, stout, truncate processes radially projected and a single process toward the outer face of the cell; cells connected to adjacent ones by marginal processes of the sheath; intercellular spaces circular or triangular; cells 6-21 μm diam. (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, 1996).
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Coelastrum cambricum Archer var. cambricum, colonies of 16 cells, 26 μm in diam., cell body 8 μm in diam., daughter colonies interconnected by filaments, x 400, x 640, Shinrin-koen, Namegawa town, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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Coelastrum cambricum, 1999, x 400, x 640, by Y. Tsukii
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Coelastrum cambricum ??, x 400, x 640, Mashiko City, Tochigi-Pref., November 1999, collected by H. Shiomizu, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Coelastrum cambricum Archer var. cambricum: Colonies of 8, 16, 32 or 64 cells, spherical in shape; cells spherical, covered by a delicate gelatinous sheath; sheaths with 5 or 6 short, stout, truncate processes radially projected and a single process toward the outer face of the cell; cells connected to adjacent ones by marginal processes of the sheath; intercellular spaces circular or triangular; cells 6-21 μm diam. (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, 1996).


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