Genus: Flattened colonies of 16 or 8 cells embedded in gelatinous sheaths; cells nearly sphearical, with two flagella of equal length, a stigma and two contractile vacuoles; a single chloroplast cup-shaped, with a single or several pyrenoids; asexual reproduction by autocolony formation, each cell divides into a daughter colony; sexual reproduction isogamous (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 2, 1984). Species:

31 μm 63 μm 94 μm; x 640