Genus: Colonies of 4-32 cells; cell body long crescent or spindle in shape, tapered at both ends;
cells attached with each other at the center of the body, paralleled or radially arranged;
no gelatinous sheath; a chloroplast; no pyrenoids; planktonic
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: Cell body needle-shaped, tapered to the sharply pointed ends, slightly twisted or curved, 25-100 μm long, 1.5-6 μm wide; a single chloroplast parietal, plate-like, usually without pyrenoids (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, 1985). 25-30 μm long, 2-3 μm wide (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Murakuni ike (pond), Iwatsuki-bunka Park, Iwatsuki-ku (formerly Iwatsuki city), Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
