Species: 85-170 μm long, 10-20 μm wide; highly plastic; stigma distinct; chloroplasts discoid with pyrenoid; several small rod-shaped paramylon (paramylum) bodies (Kudo, 1966). Body flattened, twisted, with longitudinal chloroplasts; flagellum less than 1/4 body length (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Cell body cylindrical, 90-165 μm long, 9-18μm wide, posterior slightly pointed; chloroplast large disc-shaped, parietal, 30-50 in number, a pyrenoid without paramylon sheath located at the center; a flagellum 1/3 to 1/2 of the body length; nucleus ellipsoidal 14-20 x 8-12 μm; stigma 5-7 μm; paramylon bodies ellipsoidal or rod-shaped (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).

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Small variety: less than 100 μm long
E. deses 98 x μm L/W= chl. 7-8.5 μm para. ~6 μm Bessho-numa Saitama, 2001	E. deses ? 90 x 8 μm L/W=11.3 chl. μm para. μm Ueno Tokyo, 2001	E. deses about 90 x μm L/W= chl. 8-11 μm para. μm Saitama, 1999	E. deses ? 75 x 8 μm L/W=9.4 chl. μm para. μm Ina Saitama, 2003
E. deses ? 65 x 7 μm L/W=9.3 chl. μm para. μm Kurihashi Saitama, 2001	E. deses 78-93 x 8-13 μm chl. μm Shiba river near Owada Park Saitama, 2005	E. deses 80 x 9 μm chl. μm Jizoh-bori Sannoh Park Saitama, 2005	E. deses 82 x 7 μm chl. μm Ayase river Iwatsuki-ku Saitama, 2006

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