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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Palmellaceae

Sphaerocystis
Chodat

Family: Colonies or unicells; planktonic or benthic; cell body spherical or ellipsoidal in shape, embedded within a gelatinous sheath; (Introduction to the Freshwater Algae, 1999).
Genus: Colonies small, spherical or aggregates in shape; sheath inconspicuous or absent; cell body spherical in shape; chloroplasts cup-shaped or plate-like (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).
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Sphaerocystis schroeteri
S. schroeteri ?
μm φ
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Sphaerocystis
S. schroeteri ?
7-11 μm φ
Karakemi marsh
Yasaka
Nagano, 2005
Sphaerocystis
S. schroeteri ?
8-10 μm φ
Hakama marsh
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Sphaerocystis
Sphaerocystis ?
10-12 μm φ
Takezono-higashi p.
Tsukuba
Ibaraki, 2003
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Sphaerocystis ?
or Apiocystis ?
10-12 μm φ
Minuma n. p.
Saitama, 2002
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Sphaerocystis ?
or Gloeocystis ?
μm φ
Ishinazaka
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003
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Sphaerocystis ?
8-11 μm φ
Hakama marsh
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Sphaerocystis
Sphaerocystis ?
8 μm φ
Akigase park
Saitama city
Saitama, 2005
Similar Genus -->> Gloeocystis; Asterococcus; Chlamydomonoas; Chlorococcum;

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Sphaerocystis
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