Genus: Unicellular; two equal-length flagella emerging from anterior end;
cell body flat, broad ovoidal, lateral view spindle-shaped, within a gelatinous sheath quadrangular in shape;
a single chloroplast plate-like, with 4-6 pyrenoids
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species:
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