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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae

 Chloromonas vulgaris
(Anachin) Gerloff et Ettl in Ettl 1970

Chloromonas vulgaris Species: Cell body broad ellipsoidal, 22-28.5 μm long, 18.5-24 μm wide; a small and broad papillae present; length of flagella nearly the same as that of cell body; chloroplast cup-shaped, filling whole cell body; stigma bar-shaped, located at equator or slightly anterior; nucleus centrally located (or slightly anterior ?) (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).

Chloromonas vulgaris small variety ?, small papilla present, cell body 19 μm long, 14 μm wide, L/W=1.4, papilla 1 μm long, 2 μm wide, x 640, Nidanuma (Nitanuma), Tsuchiyu-onsen, Fukushima city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, October 28, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chloromonas Chloromonas Chloromonas

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