Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Micractiniaceae
Golenkinia sp.
Genus: Unicellular, but autospore may become temporary colonical; planktonic; cell body spherical
with many elongated spiny projections; a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a single pyrenoid
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
Vegetative cells spherical, 8-10 μm diam.,
with short spines 20-40 μm long,
1 chloroplast cup-shaped, 1 pyrenoid
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Franceia;
Acanthosphaera;
Micractinium;
Errerella;
Chodatella;
Golenkinia sp. (or Franceia ??), culture with Hyponex and KCM,
cell body spherical, 8-16 μm diam.,
with spines ~30 μm long,
x 640, Karasugamori, Nishinasuno town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, 2001 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
Daughter cells
* Golenkinia radiata (Chodat) Wille:
Vegetative cells spherical, 8-10 μm diam.,
with short spines 20-40 μm long,
1 chloroplast cup-shaped, 1 pyrenoid
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Golenkinia paucispina W. et G. S. West:
Vegetative cells spherical, 10-18 μm diam.,
with many short spines 15-20 μm long,
1 chloroplast cup-shaped, 1 pyrenoid
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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