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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae

Chlamydomonas
Ehrenberg 1833

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).
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Chlamydella: Chloroplast cup-shaped; pyrenoid central lateral; nucleus anterior-posterior
Chlamydomonas
C. parvula
6 samples
n. posterior
papilla absent
8-15 μm long
2000-2003
Chlamydomonas
C. peterfii
9 samples
n. cent.-anterior
papilla absent
10-23 μm long
200-2005
Chlamydomonas
C. sp.
C. peterfii ?
& stock Cis-100
μm
Sendabori
Matsudo
Chiba, 2002
Chlamydomonas
C. moewusii
8 samples
n. cent.-anterior
papilla present
11-27 μm long
2001-2005
Chlamydomonas monadina
C. monadina
3 samples
horse-shoe shaped p.
16-22 x 12-19 μm
2002-2006
Chlamydomonas
C. hallensis
15 x 7 μm diam.
Mizuko
Fujimi
Saitama, 2003
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp. ?
s: xxxx
Shishizuka
Tsuchiura
Ibaraki, 2003
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp.
10-15 x 8-14 μm
s: xxxx
Kiyose
Tokyo, 2001
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp.
8 x 7 μm
Showa-machi g.p.
Showa
Saitama, 2003
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp.
16 μm diam.
s: xxxx ?
Kurihashi
Saitama, 2001
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp.
12 x 4 μm diam.
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas sp.
12 x 7-8.5 μm diam.
near Todoroki g.l.
Kawasaki
Kanawaga, 2004
Similar genus -> Chloromonas; Chlorococcum;

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Chlamydomonas
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