Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Dictyosphaeriaceae
Dictyosphaerium elegans
Bachmann
Genus: Cells are equal in size (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Planktonic; colony within a gelatinous sheath; cell body spherical, elliptical or pear-shaped; 4 daughter cells
attached to a filament dichotomously radiating from the center of the colony;
a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid.
Species:
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Planktosphaeria;
Westella;
Dictyosphaerium elegans Bachmann ,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, No.10 (Suimei-no-hotori), Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, November 15, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.10 (Suimei-no-hotori), Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, November 15, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
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