Family: Unicells; planktonic; cell body spherical, ellipsoidal, ovoid, fusiform or polygonal in shape; cell wall smooth in most species; chloroplasts without pyrenoids; leucosin granules present (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Genus: (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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G. sculpta cell 15 μm Toneri Park Tokyo, 2001

Goniochloris sp. ? cell μm O-ike park Yabuki Fukushima, 2003

G. pseudogigas cell μm Kashibaru m. Karatsu Saga, 2008

G. pseudogigas cell μm Kitafukuda m.p. Yuri-Honjo Akita, 2008

Similar genus -->> Tetraplektron; Tetraedron;

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