Family: Body often reniform; with ciliary rows making asymmetrical patterns; division within reproductive cysts (Kudo,1966).
Genus: Body reniform; dorsoventrally flattened; right body edge convex, left concave; somatic groove originates on the dorsal surface, travels around the left side to the entrace of the vestibulum on the ventral surface (Carey, 1992). Oral cavity not tubular (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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C. maupasi ? 50-56 μm Japan, 199?	C. maupasi ? celldivision Japan, 199?	C. maupasi ? cysts, 21-25 μm Japan, 199?	C. maupasi ? 53 x 31 μm Kumakubo Nasu-shiobara Tochigi, 2005
C. simulans 60 μm Japan, 1998	C. inflata 52 μm Japan, 1998	C. steini 46 x 25 μm Japan, 1997	C. steini 26 x 17 μm Uruguay, 1999
C. colpidiopsis 50-56 μm Japan, 199?	Colpoda sp. 53 x 26 μm with Chlorella Japan, 2000	Colpoda sp. 70 x 45 μm with Chlorella Mizumoto Park Tokyo, 2001	Colpoda sp. 94 x 75 μm with Chlorella Sayama Saitama, 2001
Colpoda sp. 100 x 56 μm Yamato Kanagawa, 2003	Colpoda sp. 70 x 41 μm Ogose town Saitama, 2003	Colpoda sp. 95 x 73 μm Fujimi Saitama, 2003	Colpoda sp. 40 x 19 μm Iruma river Sayama Saitama, 2004

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