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Variable in shape; strong constriction at center; semicell ellipsoidal, polygonal, etc.; 
cell wall with simple or branching spines, most of them laterally aligned; 
4 plate-like chloroplasts in each semicell; one or more pyrenoids in each chloroplast 
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). Species:
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