Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae
(Chlorophyceae: Ulotrichales: Ulotrichaceae)
Phylum Viridiplantae: Subphylum Streptohyta: Class Klebsormidiophyceae (Protistology, 2003)
Stichococcus
Nägeli 1849
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: Without gelatinous sheath; filaments consist of a few cells; cell body cylindrical in shape, both ends rounded (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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S. minor ?
4-7 x 3 μm
Watarase
Tochigi, 2001
Stichococcus sp.
7-11 x 3 μm
Iwajuku
Gunma, 2001
