Gonium Gonium

Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocica: Volvocina: Goniidae

 Gonium formosum
Pascher 1927

Gonium 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).

Gonium formosum Pascher, cell body 11 μm long, 10 μm wide, x 640, rice field, Shimo-muneoka, Shiki city, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 24, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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