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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 ovoid, 16 μm long, 13 μm wide, flagella about 18 μm long, nucleus located at the center of the cell, a pyrenoid at posterior half of the cell, stigma elliptical in shape (2.5 μm long), located slightly anterior from equotor of the cell, papilla absent ?, x 640, standing water under Akigase bridge, Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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