Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Two species of the green algae Volvox sect. Volvox from the Japanese ancient lake, Lake Biwa

• Hisayoshi Nozaki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hisayoshi.nozaki@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9308-4498

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• Ryo Matsuzaki,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8989-5933

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• Koichi Shimotori,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lake Biwa Branch Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

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• Noriko Ueki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Science Research Center, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-1687

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• Wirawan Heman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Health Technology, Kalasin University, Kalasin, Thailand

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• Wuttipong Mahakham,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

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• Haruyo Yamaguchi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Lake Biwa Branch Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5269-1614

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• Yuuhiko Tanabe,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Masanobu Kawachi

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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