Genus: Body more or less ovo-cylindrical; rigid with spirally striated pellicle;
often with a short posterior spinous projection; stigma sometimes present;
discoidal chromatophores (chloroplasts) numerous and marginal; paramylum bodies usually
large and ring-shaped, laterally disposed; without pyrenoids; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Lepocinclis sp. ?,
cell body 18 μm long, 12 μm wide,
x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400