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).

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L. salina or E. texta ? or P. salina ? 20 samples cell 34-55 μm 199?-2006	L. ovum 26 samples cell 17-59 μm 199?-2008	L. wangi 8 samples cell 37-70 μm 199?-2003	L. fusiformis 9 samples cell 26-42 μm 199?-2006
L. ovum ? cell 52 x 37 μm Jizoh-bori Sannoh Park Saitama, 2005	L. ovum ? cell μm Akigase Park Saitama, 2002	Lepocinclis sp. cell μm Nanbata castle p. Fujimi Saitama, 2005	L. teres ? cell 24 x 14 μm near Town Hall Shobu Saitama, 2004
L. marssonii or L. steinii ? 9 samples cell 29-37 μm 199?-2006	Lepocinclis sp. ? or E. spirogyra ? cell 64 x 17 μm near Town Hall Shobu Saitama, 2004	Lepocinclis sp. ? or E. spirogyra ? cell 64 x 16 μm Jizoh-bori Sannoh Park Saitama, 2005
Lepocinclis sp.1 cell 43, 47 μm USA, 1999	Lepocinclis sp.2 cell 55 x 27 μm Uruguay, 1999	Lepocinclis sp. cell 18 x 12 μm near Town Hall Shobu Saitama, 2004	Lepocinclis sp. ? cell μm Japan, 1998
Lepocinclis sp. ? 35 x 22 μm Tane-ike Togakushi highland Nagano, 2005

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