Genus: Solitary or colonial; individuals with vase-like, hyaline, but sometimes, yellowish cellulose
lorica, drawn out at its base;
one to two lateral chromatophores (chloroplasts); usually with a stigma;
in colonial forms daughter individuals remains attached to the
inner margin of aperture of parent loricas and there secrete new loricas; (Kudo, 1966).
Species: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.1, Ryugahara marsh, Chokai mountain, Yuri-Honjo city, Akita Pref., Japan, September 29, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
