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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae
Coelastrum astroideum
Ne Notaris var. astrodeum
Genus: Colonies spherical, with inner empty space; cells attached to each other by a protrusion of
cell wall, arranged in a single layer; cell body mostly spherical with some conical or grobular
bulges; chloroplasts cup-shaped with a pyrenoid; reproduction by asexual coenobium
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Coelastrum astroideum Ne Notaris var. astrodeum ?,
tape No. 0128, time code 0355,
colony 50 μm in diam.,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, September 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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