Genus: Thalli branched uniseriate filamentous; attached by a basal cell with a small holdfast; cells cylindrical or sometimes subclavate; terminal cells with bluntly rounded end; chloroplasts a single, parietal plate-like; without pyrenoids (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol.. 4, 1985).
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