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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Oocystaceae

Franceia sp.

Franceia Genus: Unicellular; planktonic; cell body oval or ellipsoidal, both ends rounded, covered with many elongated spiny-projections; one or 2-4 chloroplasts parietal plate-like with a single pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:


Franceia ovalis (France) Lemmermann ?, cell body ellipsoid, 13 μm in diam., hairy spines up to 9 μm long, hairy spines up to 8 μm long, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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