Chlorophyceae:
Chlorococcales: Micractinaceae
Chodatella sp.
Genus: Unicellular, planktonic; cell body ovoidal or ellipsoidal; both ends slightly pointed with
4 to 8 spiny projections; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with 1 to 4 pyrenoids
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
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Franceia;
Acanthosphaera;
Micractinium;
Errerella;
Golenkinia;
Chodatella radiata
or Golenkinia sp. ?,
cell body spherical, 8 μm in diam., spines 31 μm long,
x 640, Koshigaya, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
* Chodatella radiata (Chodat) Wille:
Vegetative cells spherical, 8-10 μm diam.,
with short spines 20-40 μm long,
1 chloroplast cup-shaped, 1 pyrenoid
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Chodatella paucispina W. et G. S. West:
Vegetative cells spherical, 10-18 μm diam.,
with many short spines 15-20 μm long,
1 chloroplast cup-shaped, 1 pyrenoid
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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