Gonium Gonium

Chlorophyceae: Volvocales: Volvocaceae
Volvocica: Volvocina: Goniidae

 Gonium formosum
Pascher 1927

Gonium Species: Colonies of 16 cells arranged with equal distances; interspace present between gelatinous coats of the cells; cell body ovoid or ellipsoid in shape, 10-13 μm in diam.; chloroplast with a single pyrenoid (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Gonium formosum Pascher, colony 42 μm long, 23 μm wide, cell body 9 μm long, 8 μm wide, flagella about 22 μm long, x 640, Murakuni ike (pond), Iwatsuki-bunka Park, Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Gonium formosum Gonium formosum

Images of collecting locality: Murakuni ike (pond), Iwatsuki-bunka Park, Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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