|  Species: Cell body spherical, 20-30 μm diam.; 
cellwall thin; papilla absent; a single cup-shaped chloroplast with many (5-12-20) pyrenoids; a nucleus central; 
a sitgma located anteriorly near center; two contractile vacoule at the base of flagella 
(An illustrated guide to freshwater zooplankton in Japan, 2000). Cell body ellipsoidal, posterior half slightly wider than anterior, sometimes laterally asymmetrical, 
16-27 μm long, 6-23 μm wide;  conical papilla present; 
chloroplast with several pyrenoids; stigma small, located near anterior end; 
(Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 9, Chlorophyta I, 1983).
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