Genus: Two flagella of equal length inserted close together into an anterior papilla of variable shape usually directed anteriorly; chloroplast form variable; usually 2 contractile vacuoles; cell division producing 2-8 zoospores; sexual reproduction usually isogamous, anisogamy and oogamy known but rare; > 500 species, mostly fresh water (Illustrated Guide, 1985). A large chloroplast; stigma; a single nucleus; two contractile vacuoles anterior (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar genus -> Chloromonas; Chlorococcum;
Pyrenoids: single, spherical in shape, located at posterior half 
Chlamydomonas sp.
body ellipsoidal
μm
Sendabori
Matsudo
Chiba, 2002
Chlamydomonas sp.
stock Cis-100
axenic
Sendabori
Matsudo
Chiba, 2002
