Gonium Gonium

Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocica: Volvocina: Goniidae

Gonium pectorale
Müller var. pectorale

Gonium Species: Colonies forming a slightly curved square or rhomboid, up to 65-90 μm in width; cell body up to 18-20 μm in diam. (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 2, 1984).


Gonium pectorale, stock Tus-4, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, colony of 35-65 cells, colony μm, cells 7-14 μm long, cells close together, flagellum μm long, x 400, x 640, Shinobazu-ike (pond), Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Gonium pectorale, stock Tus-4, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, after prolonged culture, colonies were disintegrated, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Shinobazu-ike (pond), Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Gonium pectorale, stock Tus-5, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, x 400, x 640, Shinobazu-ike (pond), Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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