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 100-115 μm long,m, 70-80 μm wide
(Ciugulea I. & Triemer R.E., A Color Atlas of Phtosyntetic Euglenoids, Michigan State University Press, 2010).
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