Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Dictyosphaeriaceae
Dictyosphaerium elegans
Bachmann
Genus: Cells are equal in size (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Planktonic; colony within a gelatinous sheath; cell body spherical, elliptical or pear-shaped; 4 daughter cells
attached to a filament dichotomously radiating from the center of the colony;
a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid.
Species:
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Planktosphaeria;
Westella;
Dictyosphaerium elegans Bachmann,
colony 40 μm in diam.,
cell body 6 μm long, 5 μm wide,
x 640, Oisezuka Park, Isehara-machi, Kawagoe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 18, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Oisezuka Park, Isehara-machi, Kawagoe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 18, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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