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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae

Scenedesmus javanensis
Chodat

Scenedesmus javanensis Genus: Colonies of 4 (or 2, 8, 16) cells attached side by side, arranged linearly or zigzag; cell body elliptical or spindle or crescent in shape; terminal cells with spiny projections in many species; cell wall usually smooth, but in some species granulated or dented or ridged (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body fusiform, straight or slightly curved, both ends drawn out, 28-50 μm long, 4-8 μm wide; cells arranged alternately contacting with their apices and median portion of adjacent cells in a linear series; cell wall smooth, without teeth or spines (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 15, 1995).


Scenedesmus javanensis Chodat , cell body 28 μm long, 7.5 μm wide, x 640, Oh-asoh (very close to Ara-kawa), Kumagaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 29, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Scenedesmus javanensis Scenedesmus javanensis


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