Genus: Four flagella of equal length inserted close together into an anterior papilla;
contractile vacuole anterior (An illustrated guide to freshwater zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
Distinct from Chlamydomonas by the possession of four flagella, emerging at right angle from each other thus forming cruciform; cell body droplet form, spherical, ellipsoidal, ovoid, inverted ovoid, spindle-shaped, or cylindrical; cellwall variable in thickness; papilla present/absent; chloroplast essentially cup-shaped, but variable; one or many pyrenoids present; stigma mostly present, rarely absent; two or four contractile vacuoles apical (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983). Species: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Carteria,
cell body nearly spherical, 8-10 μm in diam.,
x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Carteria,
cell body 14 μm long, 11 μm wide,
x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
