Genus: Colonies spherical or aggregates in shape; sheath conspicuous; cell body spherical in shape;
chloroplasts cup-shaped or plate-like (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).
Species:
Gloeocystis sp. ?,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Numappara marsh, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, August 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640