image_list image_listE

Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Oocystis borgei
Snow

Oocystis Genus: Planktonic; colony of 2-8 cells surrounded by cell wall of their mother cell, but sometimes unicellular; cell body broad ellipsoidal, both ends slightly pointed and with a thick cell wall; 1-3 chloroplasts parietal plate-like, with a single pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: Cell body broad ellipsoidal, 15-18 μm long, 8-10 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar genus -->> Nephrocytium;


Oocystis borgei Snow ?, cell body 20-33 μm long, 10-20 μm wide, x 640, Aquatic botanical garden, Sawara city, Chiba Pref., Japan, October 11, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Oocystis Oocystis Oocystis
Oocystis Oocystis Oocystis Oocystis


Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright Protist Information Server