Chlorophyceae
: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Oocystaceae)
Tetraedron
regulare
Kützing var.
regulare
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:
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Tetraedriella
(Xanthophyceae);
Goniochloris
(Xanthophyceae);
Tetraedron regulare
, cell body
12
μm long,
14
μm wide, x 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Tetraedron
, Uruguay 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
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