|  Genus: Cell body short, with a deep constriction at the center, apical view fusiform or radially symmetrical; 
cell apexes without spiny projections;  intermediate zone or folded structure appeared during cell division; 
zygospores remain within their mother cells 
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). Species: 
Cell body constricted in the middle, sinus narrow-linear part but acutely open outward, 
11-22 μm long, 24-39 μm wide, L/W=2, 
constriction 21-28 μm wide; 
vertical view of cells triangular, sides straight, angles rounded; 
apex broad, with a short connecting process at each apical angle, 
excavated in the middle and forming a oblong hollow cavity between the adjacent cells; 
semicells transversely subrectangular, lateral margins obliquely truncate; 
filaments twisted 
(Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, vol. 1, 1984).
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