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 small, (14-18)-22 μm long, (11-16.8)-22 μm wide, isthmus (11-16.8)-22 μm wide; (Illustrations of the Japanese fresh-water algae, 1977).

31 μm 63 μm 94 μm; x 640

Images of collecting locality: Ushidome-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano Pref., Japan, November 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii