I-Chlorella, i-algae eluhlaza esukela emuva cishe eminyakeni eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili, iyilungu lomndeni we-plankton eluhlaza. Indawo yayo eyinhloko isezindaweni zasolwandle namanzi ahlanzekile kulo lonke elase-Asia, kuhlanganise ne-Taiwan, i-Southeast Asia, ne-Japan. Lolu lwelwe oluncane, nakuba lungabonakali, luphethe ingcebo yezinzuzo zomsoco nezimfihlo zezempilo.
Kodwa-ke, eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukutshalwa kwe-chlorella kuye kwakhula ngezimboni. Ifomu layo elomisiwe lidume kakhulu eJapan nakwezinye izingxenye ze-Asia, lapho ngokomlando beliwumkhiqizo wezempilo osezingeni eliphezulu, lihlala libalwa phakathi kwezimbili eziphezulu.
