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Chlorophyceae: Palmellales: Palmellaceae

Palmella sp.

Palmella Genus: Colony within a gelatinous bag; cells uniformly arranged at the peripheral matrix; cell body spherical or ellipsoidal without pseudo-flagella; 2-4 cells form a small subset; a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998). Small colonies planktonic or large ones attached to other substrates (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Palmella sp. or Sphaerocystis ?, cell body 7.5 μm in diam., x 640, Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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Palmella Palmella


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