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Chlorophyceae: Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae
Chlamydophyceae: Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae

 Gloeocystis gigas

Gloeocystis Genus: Colonies spherical or aggregates in shape; sheath conspicuous; cell body spherical in shape; chloroplasts cup-shaped or plate-like (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).
Species:

Gloeocystis gigas (or Chlamydocapsa sp. ?), cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cell body 20 μm long, 17 μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640
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Gloeocystis gigas, cell body 16-18 μm long, 14 μm wide, x 640, Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Gloeocystis gigas

Images of collecting locality: Azami-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city (formerly Azumi village), Nagano Pref., Japan, June 8, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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