 
 
Chlorophyceae: 
Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Dangeard, 1888
|  Species: 
Cell body ellipsoidal or nearly spherical, 10-22 μm long, 8-22 μm wide; 
papilla absent; flagella 1.5-2 times longer than body length; 
chloroplast cup-shaped; 
a pyrenoid located at posterior half of the cell; stigma around equator, circular or elliptical in shape; 
nucleus anterior; sexual reproduction by isogamy; zygote surface smooth, colored red 
(Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983). | 
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, stock Tok-2, axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex (March 25 to April 29, 2002), 
cell body up to 18 μm long, 16 μm wide, 
two flagella about  μm long, 
a pyrenoid located posterior, two contractile vacuole at anterior end, 
x 640, Kagami-Ike, Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, 2000 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chlamydomonas (reinhardtii ?), stock Tok-2, axenic culture with KCM and Hyponex medium (more than two months), 
a chloroplast deep cup-shaped, a pyrenoid at posterior half of the cell, stigma at equator, papilla absent, two contractile vacuoles anterior, 
x 640, Kagami-Ike, Otawara city, Tochigi Pref., 2000 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
 
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