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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Chodatella
Lemmermann
= Lagerheimila Chodat

Family: Unicells or colonies of non-fixed number of cells; cell body variable in shape; one or more chloroplasts variable in shape; asexual reproduction by autospore or autocoenobium (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Genus: Unicellular, planktonic; cell body ovoidal or ellipsoidal; both ends slightly pointed with 4 to 8 spiny projections; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with 1 to 4 pyrenoids (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
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Chodatella subsalsa
C. subsalsa
13 x 8 μm
4? spines ~22 μm
Ueno
Tokyo, 2001
Chodatella
C. longiseta
13 x 11 μm
8 spines ~31 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Chodatella
C. citriformis ?
12-17 x 7-10 μm
spines 18 μm
Kawashima
or Kawajima
Saitama, 2002
Chodatella citriformis
C. citriformis ?
dividing cells
S-M general park
Showa
Saitama, 2003
Chodatella citriformis
C. citriformis ?
μm
Kashiwa Village p.
Kashiwa Village
Chiba, 2008
Chodatella
Chodatella sp.
16 x 8 μm
spines 20 μm
Kawashima
or Kawajima
Saitama, 2002
Chodatella
Chodatella sp.
13 x 9 μm
spines 30 μm
Shirahata-Numa
Urawa
Saitama, 2005
Chodatella
Chodatella sp.
11 x 7 μm
spines 20 μm
Kenmin-kenko f.m.p.
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2006
Chodatella
C. chodatii ?
cell 8 μm
spines ~29 μm
spines thick, long
Bessho-numa
Saitama, 2001
Chodatella
Chodatella sp.
or Golenkinia ?
cell 18 μm diam.
spines 62 μm
Musashi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
Chodatella
Chodatella sp. ?
cell 9 μm diam.
spines 20 μm
Ueno
Tokyo, 2001
Chodatella
Chodatella sp. ?
cell 8 μm diam.
spines 31 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Similar genus --> Franceia; Acanthosphaera; Micractinium; Errerella; Golenkinia;

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Chodatella
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