Genus: Cell body like Chromulina; with one chloroplast; lorica of various shapes; in fresh water, attached to algae (How to know the protozoa, 1979).

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C. paludosa lorica 13 x 9 μm cell 7 μm φ Omiya Saitama, 2001	C. paludosa ? lorica μm cell 7 μm φ Shin-Akitsu Higashi-Murayama Tokyo, 2004	C. paludosa ? lorica μm cell μm φ Takao-sakura p. Kitamoto Saitama, 2005	C. paludosa ? lorica 11 μm cell 4.5 μm φ Nozomiko 2 Madarao highland Nagano, 2007
C. paludosa ? lorica μm cell μm φ KitaKashiwa f.p. Kashiwa Chiba, 2008	C. urna lorica μm cell μm φ Kashibaru m. Karatsu Saga, 2008
C. stenostoma lorica 13 x 10 μm cell 7 x 8 μm Kashiwa Chiba, 2002	C. iwanoffii ? lorica μm cell 7 μm φ Senjo-ga-hara Nikko Tochigi, 2003	Chrysopyxis sp. lorica μm cell μm Senjo-ga-hara Nikko Tochigi, 2003	Chrysopyxis sp. ? lorica 23 x 15 μm cell 14 x 12 μm Kashiwa Chiba, 2002
C. colligera lorica 18 x 8.5 μm near Okubo ike Shinano Nagano, 2004	C. globosa lorica 18 x 8.5 μm near Okubo ike Shinano Nagano, 2004

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