Genus: Unicellular; planktonic; cell body flat, ovoidal; two flagella emerging from anterior end, one extends anteriorly and
another posteriorly; a reservoir and a contractile vacuole present, trichocysts absent;
many chloroplasts ellipsoidal in shape, light green in color
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.2, Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, November 15, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
