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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Synechococcaceae

Aphanothece sp.

Aphanothece Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: A colony of elliptical cells; each cell without a sheath or with a thin sheath, both ends of the cells spherical, not curved (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Aphanothece sp. ?, cell body 7-8 μm long, 4.5-5 μm wide, x 640, Riverside green land (near Tone river), Sawara city, Chiba Pref., Japan, October 11, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Aphanothece Aphanothece

Aphanothece sp. ?, cell body 7 μm long, 4.5-5 μm wide, x 640, Riverside green land (near Tone river), Sawara city, Chiba Pref., Japan, October 11, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Aphanothece Aphanothece


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