Genus: Unicellular; variable in shape; a constriction at the center of the cell body;
mostly longer than wide; flattened; each semicell hemispherical, spherical, ellipsoidal,
rectangular, pyramidal or kidney-shaped; no apical indentation
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Cell body (64-82)-79 μm long, 53-64.5 μm wide,
L/W=1.20-1.25, isthmus 19-(19.6-25.8) μm wide;
semicells covered with radially-arranged granules; frontal view half-circular, lateral view ovoid-circular, apical view ellipsoidal
(Illustrations of the Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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