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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales

Chlorococcum sp.

Chlorococcum Genus: Subaerial algae; cell body without gelatinous coat; a single chloroplast cup-shaped with a pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:


Chlorococcum sp. or Gloeocystis ?, cell body spherical-ellipsoidal, 9-10 μm long, 7-9 μm wide, each cell embedded within a distinct gelatinous sheath, which retained after several cell division, x 400, x 640, Shinobazu-ike (pond), Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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