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.?,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Shimo-akaiwa, Matsubushi town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 2003 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Neospongiococcum viridis De Bary:
Unicells; cell body spherical, 70-200 μm in diam.; many chloroplasts disc-shaped,
located at periphery of the cell (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).