Genus: Cell body like Chromulina; with one chloroplast; lorica of various shapes; in fresh water, attached to algae (How to know the protozoa, 1979).

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S. aureus lorica μm Shijuhachi-ike 2 Shiga highland Nagano, 2006

S. acidophila ? lorica 9 x 6 μm Iyari marsh 2 Omachi Nagano, 2007

Similar genus -->> Chrysopyxis;

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