Species: Chloroplasts numerous, aggregated into an axial star-like group; trichocysts fusiform, staining violet or blue with kresylblue; cell broadly spindle-shaped (25-50 μm long, 8-14 μm wide) (Zakrys, 1986). Mucous body spindle-shaped (An illustrated guide to freshwater zooplankton in Japan, 2000).

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E. stellata 50 x 15-17 μm Saitama, 1999	E. stellata 45 x 20 μm Ujiie (Sakura) Tochigi, 2001	E. stellata ? 47 x 16 μm Sendabori Chiba, 2002	E. stellata ? 39 x 17 μm Uruguay, 1999
E. stellata ? 30 x 12 μm Takasaka Higashi-Matsuyama Saitama, 2002	E. stellata ? μm Takasaka Matsubushi Saitama, 2003

Similar species -->> E. viridis; E. cantabrica;

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