Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle firm; body form constant (Kudo, 1966).
Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species flat and leaf-shaped;
often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 25-30 μm long, 24-26 μm wide, broad ovoid or nearly spherical at dorsal view; dorso-ventrally grooved; tail region short, not straight; two disc-shaped paramylons; a flagellum two-times longer than the body length (An illustrated guide to freshwater zooplankton in Japan, 2000). |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.5/6, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Omine, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
