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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Oocystaceae)

 Tetraedron caudatum
(Corda) Hansgirg var. incisum Lagerheim

Tetraedron Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species [ var. incisum ]:
Similar genus -->> Tetraedriella (Xanthophyceae); Goniochloris (Xanthophyceae);

Tetraedron caudatum ? or similar species, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No. 1, Kashiwa Village Mizube Park, Kashiwa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 11, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Tetraedron caudatum Tetraedron caudatum

Images of collecting locality: Kashiwa Village Mizube Park, Kashiwa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 11, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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