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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae

Dicellula sp.

Dicellula Genus: Colony of two cells, planktonic; cell body ellipsoidal, both ends rounded; two cells attached side by side; cell wall smooth, covered thin spiny projections; each projection swell at the base; two chloroplasts plate-like in shape, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:


Dicellula sp., cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Dicellula


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