Genus: Greater part of axopodia and cell body covered by a thick gelatinous mantle (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Sphaerastrum sp.,
cell body nearly spherical, 20 μm in diam., axopodia up to 35 μm long,
x 640, Watarase-yusuichi (Watarase Wetland), Fujioka town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 30, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640