Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal, ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)
Subgenus: with arm-like projections (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)
Species: Cell body μm long (excluding spines), μm (including spines), μm wide, isthmus μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977)

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S polymorphum v. groenbladii 17 x 30 μm Shimo-Kenashitai 1 Hakkoda mountain Aomori, 2006	S polymorphum v. groenbladii 17 x 20 μm Sukawa highland Kurikoma mt. Akita, 2007	S polymorphum v. groenbladii 18 x 25 μm Mida-ga-hara 9 Gassan (mt) Yamagata, 2006	S polymorphum v. groenbladii 16 x 27 μm Mida-ga-hara 7 Gassan (mt) Yamagata, 2006
S polymorphum v. groenbladii 16 x 24 μm Midagahara 4 Tateyama Toyama, 2006	S polymorphum v. groenbladii ?? x 23 μm Midagahara 7 Tateyama Toyama, 2006
S polymorphum v. groenbladii 16 x 27 μm Shimo-no-koike Shiga highland Nagano, 2004	S polymorphum v. groenbladii 15 x 23 μm Shimo-no-koike Shiga highland Nagano, 2006	S polymorphum v. groenbladii μm Shijuhachi-ike 4 Shiga highland Nagano, 2007.6	S polymorphum v. groenbladii μm Shijuhachi-ike 3 Shiga highland Nagano, 2008
S polymorphum v. groenbladii 18 x 25 μm J Skunk Cabbage m Tsugaike highland Nagano, 2006

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