Gonium Gonium

Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocica: Volvocina: Goniidae

Gonium formosum
Pascher 1927

Species: Colonies of 16 cells arranged with equal distances; interspace present between gelatinous coats of the cells; cell body ovoid or ellipsoid in shape, 10-13 μm in diam.; chloroplast with a single pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Gonium formosum
G. formosum
colony of 16 cells
colony 43-95 μm
cell 7-16 μm
cells separated
Ueno
Tokyo, 2001
Gonium formosum
G. formosum
colony of 16 cells
colony μm
cell μm
cells separated
Iruma
Saitama, 2003
Gonium formosum
G. formosum ?
colony of 16 cells
colony μm
cell μm
Mizuko
Fujimi
Saitama, 2003
Gonium
G. formosum
colony of 16 cells
colony 70 μm
cell 13 μm
Yokonuma
Sakado
Saitama, 2004
Gonium
G. formosum ?
colony of 16 cells
colony 53 μm
cell 10 μm
Ikenokochi marsh
Tsuruga
Fukui, 2004
Gonium formosum
G. formosum ?
colony of 16 cells
colony 80 μm
cell 16 x 13 μm
Noda
Higashi-matsuyama
Saitama, 2004
Gonium formosum
G. formosum
cell 11 x 10 μm
Shimo-muneoka
Shiki
Saitama, 2004
Gonium formosum
G. formosum
cell 9 x 8 μm
Murakuni ike
Iwatsuki-bunka p.
Saitama, 2006
Gonium formosum
G. formosum
colony μm
cell 14 μm
Kodanuki marsh
Fujinomiya
Shizuoka, 2006
Gonium formosum
G. formosum
colony μm
cell 9 μm
Ohnuma
Nasu-shiobara
Tochigi, 2007
Gonium formosum
G. formosum
colony μm
Old Sugata R.
Mibu
Tochigi, 2008

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