Division | Ochrophyta |
Class | Xanthophyceae |
Order | Mischococcales |
Family | Centritractaceae |
Basionym | Schroederia belonophora Schmidle |
Unicellular, elongated cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, both ends with long spine, spines unequal in length and slightly curved. Cell measures 60-120 μm in length and 8-15 μm in breadth, spines 45-55 μm in length. Cell shows several plate-like chloroplasts without pyrenoid.