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Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle
firm
; body form
constant
(Kudo, 1966). Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species
flat and leaf-shaped
; often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: