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Chlorophyceae: Tetrasporales: Tetrasporaceae

Tetraspora sp.

Tetraspora Genus: Colony within a gelatinous bag; cells uniformly arranged at the peripheral matrix; cell body spherical or ellipsoidal with 2 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:


Tetraspora sp. ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, with two pseudoflagella, x 640, Nishikubo damp area, Miyadera, Iruma city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Tetraspora Tetraspora Tetraspora Tetraspora


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