Genus: Colonies of 4-32 cells; cell body long crescent or spindle in shape, tapered at both ends;
cells attached with each other at the center of the body, paralleled or radially arranged;
no gelatinous sheath; a chloroplast; no pyrenoids; planktonic
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Ankistrodesmus densus, stock ???,
axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan, November 2001 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
