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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Scenedesmaceae

 Crucigenia crucifera
(Wolle) Collins

Crucigenia Genus: Arrangement of 4 daughter cells flat and rectangular in shape, forming composite coenobium; without gelatinous sheaths, no hairly projections (Illustrations of the Japanese Freshwater Algae, 1977).
Species: Cell body curved reniform, 5-8 μm long, 3-5 μm wide (Illustrations of the Japanese Freshwater Algae, 1977).

Crucigenia crucifera (Wolle) Collins, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Kataki-numa marsh, Yuri-Honjo city, Akita Pref., Japan, September 28, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Crucigenia Crucigenia

Images of collecting locality: Kataki-numa marsh, Yuri-Honjo city, Akita Pref., Japan, September 28, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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