Genus: Cell body short, radiate in shape; apical view of the cell, triangular, polygonal,
ellipsoidal or spindle-shaped; zygospores formed outside of mother cells
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species: Unicellular, planktonic; cell body flat, quadrangular in shape, four sides depressed and four corners with small papillae; a single chloroplast plate-like, with a pyrenoid (Guide book to the "Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae", 1998). |
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
