Family: Unicells; cell body spherical or broad ellipsoidal; chloroplasts 1 to several in number, cup-shaped or plate-like, reticulated or star-shaped; with or without pyrenoids; reproduction by autospores and zoospores; many species found in soil (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Genus: Unicellular, planktonic; cell body elongated spindle-shaped, spirally twisted; both ends drawn out as spiny projections; a single chloroplast plate-like in shape, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998).
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Schroederia ? or Monoraphidium ? cell 70 μm Japan, 1999 |
Schroederia ? or Monoraphidium ? cell 37 μm Japan, 2000 |
