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

 Chlamydomonas saxonensis
Skuja 1956

Chlamydomonas saxonensis Species: Cell body ellipsoidal or nearly spherical, up to 20-30 μm long, 18-26 μm wide; a very small papilla present (inconspicuous ?); a stigma circular in shape, located at equator; chloroplasts cup-shaped with large central concave; a pyrenoid close to posterior end of the cell body (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).

Chlamydomonas saxonensis Skuja ??, cell body ellipsoidal (nearly spherical), 22 μm long, 18 μm wide, small papilla present, pyrenoid located at posterior half of the cell, nucleus anterior, stigma anterior, two contractile vacuoles at the base of flagella, x 640, Iruma river, Sayama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 25, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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