Chlorophyceae: 
Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Dangeard, 1888
 
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).   
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Chlamydomonas (reinhardtii ?), stock Tok-2, axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex medium, 
a chloroplast deep cup-shaped, a pyrenoid at posterior half of the cell, stigma at equator, papilla absent, 
two contractile vacuoles anterior, 
x 400, x 640, Kagami-Ike, Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, 2000 by Y. Tsukii
 50 μm
 100 μm
 150 μm; x 400 : 
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
Chlamydomonas, stock Tok-2, 
cell body  μm long,  μm wide, 
x 400, x 640, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
Chlamydomonas sp.?, x 400, x 640, Kagami-ike (pond), Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., September 2000 by Y. Tsukii
Chlamydomonas (reinhardtii ?), stock Tok-2, axenic culture (from March 23 to April 23, 2005), 
cell body 13 μm long, 10 μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640, Japan, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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