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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Dictyosphaeriaceae

 Dictyosphaerium sp.

Dictyosphaerium elegans 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:
Similar genus -->> Planktosphaeria; Westella;

Dictyosphaerium ??, stock Ikk-??, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, in flask (Jan/24-Feb/14, 2001), colonies disintegrated after a prolonged culture, cell body 4.5 μm long, 3 μm wide, x 640, Kaga city, Ishikawa Pref., 2000, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Dictyosphaerium Dictyosphaerium

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