Genus: Colony of 4, 8 or 16 cells, within a gelatinous sheath, which is spherical or ellipsoidal in shape;
cell body broad crescent in shape, both ends rounded;
a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with a pyrenoid
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.10 (Suimei-no-hotori), Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, November 15, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
