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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae

 Neospongiococcum sp.

Neospongiococcum Family: Unicells; cell body spherical or broad ellipsoidal; chloroplasts 1 to several in number, cup-shaped or plate-like, reticulated or star-shaped; with or without pyrenoids; reproduction by autospores and zoospores; many species found in soil (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Genus: (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:

Neospongiococcum sp.?, stock Tgu-1, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, cell body 9-58 μm in diam., x 400, x 640, Sakura city (formerly Ujiie town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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