Species [var. ehrenbergii]: Cell body medium in size, 220-739 μm long, 15-45 μm wide, L/W=11-20; semicells swelled at base, 7-10 wart-like projections circulary arranged arround both ends; chloroplasts band-form, with many pyrenoids; cellwall dotted. [var. curtum]: Cell body short, 170-288 μm long, 17-32 μm, L/W=8-11. [var. undulatum]: Lateral margins wavy, 290-700 μm long, 21-37 μm. [var. crenulatum]: Semicells with two swellings at base, lateral margins slightly convex, 494-875 μm long, 37-58 μm. [var. elongatum]: Cell body elongated, 390-575 μm long, 18-26 μm, L/W=19-25 [var. attenuatum]: (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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Images of collecting locality: Aka-ike (pond), Madarao highland (Niigata & Nagano Pref.), Myoko city (formerly Myoko village), Niigata Pref., Japan, June 17, 2006 by Y. Tsukii