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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).
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Tetraspora sp., cell body spherical, 8-12 μm in diam., pseudocilia about 50 μm long ?, x 640, Kawaguchi Natural Park, Sashima, Kawaguchi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Kawaguchi Natural Park, Sashima, Kawaguchi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 5, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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