Genus: Unicells, planktonic; cell body spherical, surrounded by many elongated spiny projections,
1/3 from their base thickened, remainings hairly; a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: Cell body spherical, 8-15 μm in diam., spiny projections 30-38 μm long (Introduction to the Freshwater Algae, 1999). |
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
