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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 ?, cell body ellipsoidal, 12-18 μm long, 9-15 μm wide, each cell has two flagella with equal length, a parental cell produces two or four daughter cells within its cell wall, x 400, x 640, Japan, October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
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