Genus: Spherical or ellipsoidal colony composed of 2-50 ovoid cells arranged radially;
cell body usually covered by short bristles; two chloroplasts lateral; no stigma;
longitudinal cell division; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Synura sp.,
cell body 23 μm long, 10 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Basho-no-yakata (Basho Center), Kurobane town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, January 2001 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400