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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae

 Chloromonas dahlemensis
Gerloff 1962

Chloromonas Genus: Similar to Chlamydomonas, but pyrenoids absent.
Species: Cell body ellipsoid or ellipsoidal cylindroid, 15-20 μm long, 8-13 μm wide; cellwall thin; papilla hemispherical; flagella up to 1.5 times longer than the body length; chloroplast cup-shaped, reached at the base of flagella; stigma small, elliptical in shape, located posterior to equator; a nucleus located at posterior one third of the cell body (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).

Chloromonas dahlemensis Gerloff 1962, cell body elongated ellipsoidal, 16 μm long, 8.5 μm wide, a nucleus located at the center of the cell body or slightly posterior, x 640, damp area at Kitamoto nature observation park, Kitamoto city, Saitama Pref., January 22, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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