Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Palmellaceae
Sphaerocystis schroeteri
Chodat
Genus: Colonies small, spherical or aggregates in shape; sheath inconspicuous or absent; cell body spherical in shape;
chloroplasts cup-shaped or plate-like (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).
Species:
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Sphaerocystis schroeteri Chodat ?,
cell body nearly spherical, 8-10 μm in diam.,
x 640, Hakama marsh (or bog), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, May 15, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Sphaerocystis schroeteri Chodat:
Colonies sherical in shape, consisting of 4-16 cells, 30-80 μm in diam.;
cell body spherical, 5-12 μm in diam.; a single chloroplast cup-shaped with a
pyrenoid (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).
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