Genus: Planktonic; colony of 4 (or 2 or 8) cells; cell body crescent in shape, both ends
drawn out as spiny projections; two cells attached each other at the outward mid-region forming "X"-shaped
pairs, two pairs attached at the extreme of the cells;
a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with two pyrenoids
(Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
Species: |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Karasu-ga-mori park, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Nishi-nasuno town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 4, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
