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Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae

 Basichlamys sp.

Basichlamys Genus: Colony of 4 cells attached to a gelatinous sheath at their posterior end, arranging cruciform; cell body ovoidal; two equal-length flagella emerging at their anterior end; a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:

Basichlamys sp. ?, cell body 13 μm long, 8 μm wide, stigma present, daughter cells connected at one ends, x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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