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Chlorophyceae: Chlamydomonadales (Volvocales): Chlamydomonadaceae
Volvocida: Chlamydomonadina: Chlamydomonadidae

 Chloromonas vulgaris
(Anachin) Gerloff et Ettl in Ettl 1970

Chloromonas vulgaris Species: Cell body broad ellipsoidal, 22-28.5 μm long, 18.5-24 μm wide; a small and broad papillae present; length of flagella nearly the same as that of cell body; chloroplast cup-shaped, filling whole cell body; stigma bar-shaped, located at equator or slightly anterior; nucleus centrally located (or slightly anterior ?) (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).

Chloromonas vulgaris small variety ?, cell body 17 μm long, 11 μm wide, two flagella about 24 μm long, pyrenoids absent, stigma large and elongated, loncated near equatorial line, x 640, Soka city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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Chloromonas maculata Korschikoff (Syn: Chamydomonas korschkoffii Pascher): Cell body spherical, 15-26 μm in diam.; 2 flagella approximately equal to cell-body length; papilla small, flat in shape; many chloroplast small plate-like, without pyrenoids; stigma elliptical; 2 contractile vacuoles at the base of flagella; nucleus located at the center of the cell body (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 17, 1996).

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