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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Micractiniaceae

Micractinium pusillum
Fresenius var. pusillum

Micractinium pusillum Family: Unicellular or Colonial; cell body spherical, with one or more spiny projections; a single cup-shaped chloroplast with a pyrenoid; asexual reproduction by zoospore or autospore; sexual reproduction by fertilization between egg and sperm.
Genus: Colonial; cell body with 2 or more spiny hairs (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Similar genus --> Golenkinia; Franceia; Acanthosphaera;


Micractinium pusillum Fresenius var. pusillum, cell body spherical, 8 μm in diam., spiny projections about 25 μm long, x 640, Nakayado historical park, Oka, Okabe-cho, Fukaya city (formerly Okabe town), Saitama Pref., Japan, April 15, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Micractinium Micractinium

Images of collecting locality: Nakayado historical park, Oka, Okabe-cho, Fukaya city (formerly Okabe town), Saitama Pref., Japan, April 15, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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