|  Species [ var. orbiculare ]: 
33.6-44.8 μm long, 28-39 μm wide, isthmus 7-11 μm wide; 
semicells nearly semicircular in side view; cell wall dotted. [ var. ralfsii W. et G.S. West ]: 
31-41 μm long, 22-36 μm wide, isthmus 7-11 μm wide; 
semicells close to triangular in side view.
 [ var. messikommeri Hirano ]: 
21 μm long, 22 μm wide, isthmus 6.5 μm wide; 
semicells longitudinally depressed, semicircular or spindle-shaped in side view; bay opened.
 [ f. subangulata Messikommer ]: 
39 μm long, 29.4 μm wide, isthmus 12.6 μm wide; 
semicells conical in side view; bay opened
 [ var. depressum Roy et Bisset ]: 
19.6-29.4 μm long, 19.6-28 μm wide, isthmus 7-8.4 μm wide; 
semicells longitudinally depressed semicircular in side view.
 [ var. hibernicum W. et G.S. West ]: 
Larger than var. orbiculare, 
42-65 μm long, 36-56 μm wide, isthmus 9.5-20 μm wide; 
apex of semicells flattened 
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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