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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Hydrodictyaceae

Pediastrum duplex
var. reticulatum Lagerheim

Pediastrum duplex Genus: Colonies of a fixed number of cells, flat, circular in shape; cell body polygonal in shape, with horn-like projections; cell wall garanulated, wrinkled or notched; chloroplasts plate-like or reticular; asexual reproduction by zoospore; sexual reproduction by isogametes (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Pediastrum duplex, colonies of cells, colonies μm in diam., cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Wan-park-land, Kochi city, Kochi Pref., Japan, November 2002 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
Pediastrum duplex Pediastrum duplex


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