Genus: Colonies of 4-32 cells; cell body long crescent or spindle in shape, tapered at both ends;
cells attached with each other at the center of the body, paralleled or radially arranged;
no gelatinous sheath; a chloroplast; no pyrenoids; planktonic
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.1, Numappara marsh, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 3, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
