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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Oocystaceae)

 Tetraedron regulare
Kützing var. regulare

Tetraedron Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Tetraedriella (Xanthophyceae); Goniochloris (Xanthophyceae);

Tetraedron regulare, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Kijioka Castle Ruin, Kodama town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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