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

 Chloromonas dahlemensis
Gerloff 1962

Chloromonas Genus: Similar to Chlamydomonas, but pyrenoids absent.
Species: Cell body ellipsoid or ellipsoidal cylindroid, 15-20 μm long, 8-13 μm wide; cellwall thin; papilla hemispherical; flagella up to 1.5 times longer than the body length; chloroplast cup-shaped, reached at the base of flagella; stigma small, elliptical in shape, located posterior to equator; a nucleus located at posterior one third of the cell body (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).

Chloromonas dahlemensis Gerloff 1962, cell body 13-17 μm long, 9-10 μm wide, flagella 15 μm long, elliptical stigma located at equator, nucleus central, a pyrenoid lateral-central, x 640, damp area at Kitamoto nature observation park, Kitamoto city, Saitama Pref., January 22, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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