in vivo

Description:

Portrait of the planktonic trebouxiophyte alga,Chodatella wratislaviensis (Schröder) Ley,1948.The ellipsoid cells are solitary.There are four slightly curved tapering spines each with a button-like base. two are polar and two equatorial.There is a single parietal chloroplast and a pyrenoid.Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise,Idaho(43°37'03.94"N 116°11'07.62"W elev. 2754 ft.)  November 2005.DIC