Genus: Two flagella of equal length inserted close together into an anterior papilla of variable shape usually directed anteriorly; chloroplast form variable; usually 2 contractile vacuoles; cell division producing 2-8 zoospores; sexual reproduction usually isogamous, anisogamy and oogamy known but rare; > 500 species, mostly fresh water (Illustrated Guide, 1985). A large chloroplast; stigma; a single nucleus; two contractile vacuoles anterior (Kudo, 1966).
Species: (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).
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Similar genus -> Chloromonas; Chlorococcum;
C. nasuta
8-23 x μm
pyr. posterior
Sakitama-kofun
Gyoda
Saitama, 2006
C. nasuta
16-25 x μm
pyr. posterior
Kodai-hasu
Gyoda
Saitama, 2006
