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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Merismopediaceae

 Gomphosphaeria salina
formerly Gomphosphaeria sp.

Gomphosphaeria Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: A spherical colony in which radial filamentous structure present (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar genus -> Dictyosphaerium

Gomphosphaeria salina Komárek et Hindák, cell body about 25 μm long (or more), 12 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Hana-no-oka park, Chiba-New-Town Central station, Inzai city, Chiba Pref., Japan, December 16, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Hana-no-oka park, Chiba-New-Town Central station, Inzai city, Chiba Pref., Japan, December 16, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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