Genus:
Variable in shape; strong constriction at center; semicell ellipsoidal, polygonal, etc.;
cell wall with simple or branching spines, most of them laterally aligned;
4 plate-like chloroplasts in each semicell; one or more pyrenoids in each chloroplast
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:
Cell body (without spines) 43-80 μm long, 43-53 μm wide,
isthmus 13-14 μm wide,
semicells with two anterior, two lateral, one basal spines,
with a centrally located large granule surrounded by about 10 small granules
(Illustrations of the Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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