Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal,
ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Tetraedriella (Xanthophyceae);
Goniochloris (Xanthophyceae);
Tetraedron limneticum Borge,
cell body about 15 μm in diam.,
dicotomous projections about 10 μm wide,
x 640, a pond near Dedono-yu (hot spring), prefectural road route 215, Nishiwaga-machi (town), Iwate Pref., Japan, July 28, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
a pond near Dedono-yu (hot spring), prefectural road route 215, Nishiwaga-machi (town), Iwate Pref., Japan, July 28, 2007 by Y. Tsukii