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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Synechococcaceae

Cyanothece major
(Schröter) Komárek 1976
Syn: Synechococcus major f. crassior Lagerheim 1886

Synechococcus Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).


Cyanothece major f. crassior Lagerheim, cell body 37 μm long, 25 μm wide, sheath about 1 μm in thickness, x 640, Ushidome-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi village, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 28, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Synechococcus Synechococcus Synechococcus
Cell body nearly spherical, 40 μm in diam., sheath less than 1 μm in thickness, x 640
Synechococcus Synechococcus


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