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Xanthophyceae: Mischococcales: Characiopsidaceae

Characiopsis
Borzi (Ettl 1978)
Borzí 1895 (John et al. eds. 2002)

Family: Unicellar; cylindroid; spiny protrusion at one end.
Genus: Unicellular, attached on a substrate at one end of the cell; cell body slightly curved, ovoidal or cylidrical in shape; 1 or two chloroplasts plate-like, without pyrenoids (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
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Characiopsis saccata
C. saccata ?
30-38 x 6-8 μm
near City Hall
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004
Characiopsis
Characiopsis sp.
62 x 7 μm
Sanda
Hyogo, 2001
Monoraphidium
C. borziana ?
37 x 6 μm
Shinobazu-ike
Tokyo, 2001
Characiopsis
C. borziana ?
47 x 5.5 μm
Akigase Park
Saitama, 2002
Characiopsis borziana
C. borziana ?
μm
Inari Park
Toyama, 2002
Characiopsis
Characiopsis sp.
C. borziana ?
27 x 4 μm
Akigase Park
Saitama, 2002
Characiopsis
Characiopsis sp.
C. borziana ?
27-35 x 5-7 μm
Kasama Park
Ibaraki, 2002
Characiopsis
C. tuba
or C. pyriformis ?
18-26 x 6-10 μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
Characiopsis
C. pyriformis
or Peroniella ?
23 x 7 μm
Toneri Park
Tokyo, 2001
Characiopsis
C. acuta
18-31 x 5-7 μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
Characiopsis
Characiopsis sp. or
Stigeoclonium ?
μm
Akebono-yama A.P.
Kashiwa
Chiba, 2002
Characiopsis
Characiopsis sp. ?
μm
Midorigaoka park
Sukagawa
Fukushima, 2003
Similar genus -->> Characium; Chlorothecium;

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