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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Merismopediaceae

 Merismopedia
Included in the form-genus XIV. Synechocystis (Bergey's Manual, 2nd, 2001)


Merismopedia Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: Colonies consiting of orderly arranged cells; diameter of cells at transverse section is the same as its length (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Merismopedia ?, cell body 4 μm long, 2.5-3 μm wide, x 640, wetland, Okubo Ryoke, Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, August 8, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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