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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae

 Ankyra sp.
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Ankyra Genus: Unicellular, planktonic; cell body spindle-shaped, with both ends drawn out to a elongated spiny projections; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:

Ankyra sp., cell body 155 μm long, 5 μm wide, L/W=31, x 640, Shirahata-Numa, Urawa, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, November 20, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Ankyra Ankyra

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