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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae

 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Dangeard, 1888

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Species: Cell body ellipsoidal or nearly spherical, 10-22 μm long, 8-22 μm wide; papilla absent; flagella 1.5-2 times longer than body length; chloroplast cup-shaped; a pyrenoid located at posterior half of the cell; stigma around equator, circular or elliptical in shape; nucleus anterior; sexual reproduction by isogamy; zygote surface smooth, colored red (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (or C. orbicularis Pringsheim 1930 ?), stock Tok-2, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, in flask (22/Jan-14/Feb, 2001), cell body 9-13 μm long, 6-12 μm wide, two flagella 16 μm long, a chloroplast deep cup-shaped, a pyrenoid at posterior half of the cell, stigma at equator, papilla absent, two contractile vacuoles anterior, x 640, Kagami Ike (Pond), Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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Chlamydomonas, stock Tok-2, axenic culture with Hyponex and KCM, a week in flask culture, x 400, x 640, Kagami Numa (Pond), Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., 2001, by Y. Tsukii

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