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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Synechococcaceae

Cyanothece major
(Schröter) Komárek 1976
Syn: Synechococcus major f. crassior Lagerheim 1886

Synechococcus Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: Unicells lacking sheath; cell body ellipsoidal, cylindrical or spindle-shaped (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Cyanothece major f. crassior Lagerheim, cell body 21-30 μm long, 22 μm wide, L/W=1.0-1.4, x 640, a small marsh near top of Nakahara moutain, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 6, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Synechococcus major

Images of collecting locality: a small marsh near top of Nakahara moutain, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 6, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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