Species: Body pyriform when contracted; amethyst-blue; with Chlorella; 300-600
μm long; macronucleus oval (Kudo, 1966).
Cell body broadly trumpet shaped, 250-500 μm long when fully extended;
cortical granules lilac or amethystine coloured or purplish red, surround also micronuclei;
with symbiotic green algae
(Foissner and Wölfl, 1994).
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