Species: 70-170 μm long, 25-36 μm wide; cell body cylindrical; anterior rounded and posterior tapered; spiral striation; nucleus posterior; flagellum longer than body; stigma about 7 μm in diam., many fusiform chloroplasts aligned with the striae; numerous haematochrome granules; paramylum bodies ovoid (Kudo, 1966).

31 μm 63 μm 94 μm; x 640

Images of collecting locality: Utsubo-numa (a pond), Zao mountain, Zao onsen, Yamagata city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, July 13, 2008 by Y. Tsukii