Family (Scenedesmaceae): Colonies of fixed number of cells (4, 8, 16, 32, or more) arranged 2- or 3-dimensionally; cells spherical, ellipsoidal, polygonal, etc. in shape; chloroplasts 1 or several, plate-like in shape, with 1 pyrenoid; reproduction only by asexual autospores.
Genus: Colonies spherical, with inner empty space; cells attached to each other by a protrusion of cell wall, arranged in a single layer; cell body mostly spherical with some conical or grobular bulges; chloroplasts cup-shaped with a pyrenoid; reproduction by asexual coenobium (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

C. cambricum x 640	C. reticulatum x 640	C. astroideum colonies of 12 cells	C. astroideum colonies of 32 cells
Coelastrum sp. x 640	Coelastrum sp. x 640