Family: Unicells or colonies of non-fixed number of cells; cell body variable in shape; one or more chloroplasts variable in shape; asexual reproduction by autospore or autocoenobium (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Genus: Unicellular, planktonic; cell body ovoidal or ellipsoidal; both ends slightly pointed with 4 to 8 spiny projections; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with 1 to 4 pyrenoids (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).

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C. subsalsa 13 x 8 μm 4? spines ~22 μm Ueno Tokyo, 2001	C. longiseta 13 x 11 μm 8 spines ~31 μm Koshigaya Saitama, 2001
C. citriformis ? 12-17 x 7-10 μm spines 18 μm Kawashima or Kawajima Saitama, 2002	C. citriformis ? dividing cells S-M general park Showa Saitama, 2003	C. citriformis ? μm Kashiwa Village p. Kashiwa Village Chiba, 2008
Chodatella sp. 16 x 8 μm spines 20 μm Kawashima or Kawajima Saitama, 2002	Chodatella sp. 13 x 9 μm spines 30 μm Shirahata-Numa Urawa Saitama, 2005	Chodatella sp. 11 x 7 μm spines 20 μm Kenmin-kenko f.m.p. Koshigaya Saitama, 2006	C. chodatii ? cell 8 μm spines ~29 μm spines thick, long Bessho-numa Saitama, 2001
Chodatella sp. or Golenkinia ? cell 18 μm diam. spines 62 μm Musashi-Urawa Saitama, 2001	Chodatella sp. ? cell 9 μm diam. spines 20 μm Ueno Tokyo, 2001	Chodatella sp. ? cell 8 μm diam. spines 31 μm Koshigaya Saitama, 2001

Similar genus --> Franceia; Acanthosphaera; Micractinium; Errerella; Golenkinia;

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