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

 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Dangeard, 1888

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Species: Cell body ellipsoidal or nearly spherical, 10-22 μm long, 8-22 μm wide; papilla absent; flagella 1.5-2 times longer than body length; chloroplast cup-shaped; a pyrenoid located at posterior half of the cell; stigma around equator, circular or elliptical in shape; nucleus anterior; sexual reproduction by isogamy; zygote surface smooth, colored red (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dangeard, cell body 10 μm long, 9 μm wide, x 640, drainage ditch exit, Ta-gawa (Ta river), Kawanago, Kaminokawa town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 4, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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