Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle firm; body form constant (Kudo, 1966).
Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species flat and leaf-shaped;
often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Phacus brevicaudatus (Klebs) Lemmermann (?) or similar species,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, Block 5, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, September 9, 2008 by Y. Tsukii 31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Block 5, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, September 9, 2008 by Y. Tsukii