Species:
Colonies of 8, 16, 32 or 64 cells, spherical in shape; cells spherical, covered by a delicate gelatinous
sheath; sheaths with 5 or 6 short, stout, truncate processes radially projected and a single process
toward the outer face of the cell; cells connected to adjacent ones by marginal processes of
the sheath; intercellular spaces circular or
triangular; cells 6-21 μm diam.
(Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, 1996).
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50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Coelastrum cambricum, 1999, x 400, x 640, by Y. Tsukii
Coelastrum cambricum ??, x 400, x 640,
Mashiko City, Tochigi-Pref., November 1999, collected by H. Shiomizu, photo by Y. Tsukii
Coelastrum cambricum Archer var. cambricum: Colonies of 8, 16, 32 or 64 cells, spherical in shape; cells spherical, covered by a delicate gelatinous sheath; sheaths with 5 or 6 short, stout, truncate processes radially projected and a single process toward the outer face of the cell; cells connected to adjacent ones by marginal processes of the sheath; intercellular spaces circular or triangular; cells 6-21 μm diam. (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, 1996).
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