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

 Chlamydomonas nasuta
Korschikoff in Pascher 1927

Chlamydomonas 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:

Chlamydomonas nasuta Korschikoff in Pascher 1927, cell body 22 μm long, 15.5 μm wide, L/W=1.4, long flagella about 37 μm long, dome-like papilla (1 x 4 μm) present, a single large pyrenoid at the posterior half of the cell body, a nucleus anterior, x 640, Kodai-hasu-no-sato park (Ancient lotus park), Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas
Daughter cells 16 μm long, 10 μm wide, L/W=1.6, x 640
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas
Cell body 22 μm long, 21 μm wide, L/W=1.0, x 640
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas
Cell body spherical, 25 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=1.0, a elongated stigma at equator of the cell body, x 640
Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas Chlamydomonas

Images of collecting locality: Kodai-hasu-no-sato park (Ancient lotus park), Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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