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Chlamydomonas (clam-ee-doe-moan-ass), a solitary volvocid (flagellated green algal cell). Cell surrounded by a cellulosic wall. With plastid containing chlorophyll B giving the bright green colour, two similar flagella emerge from the anterior of the cell. Differential interference contrast. This image taken by Michele Bahr and David Patterson of material collected from the water column and the margins of Lake Toolik (Alaska, USA) in August, 2001. Image copyright: Michele Bahr and D. J. Patterson, used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

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Chlamydomonas

From the collection Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska

Description of Chlamydomonas: Cells mostly radially symmetrical, sometimes slightly curved, dorsiventrally flattened, sometimes surrounded by a gelatinous sheath, anterior papilla; 2 equal flagella; chloroplast single, variable in shape; nucleus more or less central; contractile vacuoles present; palmelloid stages, aplanospores and akinetes known; sexual reproduction usually isogamous, sometimes anisogamous or oogamous; zygote with smooth or sculptured thick cell wall, often accumulating secondary carotenoids; zygote germination involves meiosis and formation of four or eight meiospores; worldwide distribution; occur in freshwater and soil, more rarely in brackish and marine waters or snow, many species.

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Chlamydomonas in other collections

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Chlamydomonas pseudlunata, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Chlamydomonas reinhardi, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Chlamydomonas simplex, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Chlamydomonas snowiae, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Chlamydomonas stellata, from Protozoan biomonitors in China
Chlamydomonas tornensis, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Chlamydomonas waldenburgensis, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Chlamydomonas, from Protsville	Chlamydomonas, from Protsville drawings of freshwater protists	Chlamydomonas, from Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps
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Chlamydomonas, from Rio Tinto, acidic river, Spain	Chlamydomonas, from Cumloden, Massachusetts, USA	Chlamydomonas, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Chlamydomonas, from American Type Culture Collection	Chlamydomonas, from Rio Tinto, acidic river, Spain
Chlamydomonas, from Rio Tinto, acidic river, Spain	Chlamydomonas, from American Type Culture Collection	Chlamydomonas, from Lamont Pond, freshwater, New York	Chlamydomonas, from American Type Culture Collection

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