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Chlorophyceae: Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae
Chlamydophyceae: Tetrasporales: Palmellopsidaceae

Gloeocystis sp.

Gloeocystis 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 (or Gloeocapsa ?), colony spherical in shape, 120 μm in diam., cell body ellipsoidal, 12 μm long, 8 μm wide, x 640, rice field, Tennoh, Tessei-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan, November 22, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Gloeocystis Gloeocystis


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