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Chlorophyceae: Chlorococcales: Chlorococcaceae (Oocystaceae)

Tetraedron limneticum
Borge

Tetraedron Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Tetraedriella (Xanthophyceae); Goniochloris (Xanthophyceae);


Tetraedron limneticum Borge ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a pond close to Aspite Line, near top of Hachimantai mountain, Senboku city, Akita Pref., Japan, August 23, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Tetraedron Tetraedron

Images of collecting locality: A pond close to Aspite Line, near top of Hachimantai mountain, Senboku city, Akita Pref., Japan, August 23, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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