Genus: Body spherical or oval; one or two yellowish-brown chloroplasts 
 (How to know the protozoa, 1779). 
Flagellate often becoming amoeboid or palmelloid; a single external flagellum emerging apically; 
second very short flagellum in a pocket detected when examined by electron microscopy; 
1 or 2 chloroplasts; eyespot present in some species; 
cysts smooth or ornamented; many species with peripheral muciferous bodies; 
discobolocysts (a kind of extrusome) in some species; 
freshwater or marine (Illustrated Guide, 1985).  
 
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