Gonium Gonium

Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocica: Volvocina: Goniidae

Gonium pectorale
Müller var. pectorale

Gonium Species: Colonies forming a slightly curved square or rhomboid, up to 65-90 μm in width; cell body up to 18-20 μm in diam. (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 2, 1984).


Gonium pectorale, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Naruto town, Chiba Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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