Genus: Spherical or ellipsoidal colony composed of 2-50 ovoid cells arranged radially;
cell body usually covered by short bristles; two chloroplasts lateral; no stigma;
longitudinal cell division; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Synura sphagnicola (Korshikov) Korshikov 1929 ?,
colony 35 μm in diam.,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640