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Name derivation:

Morphology:

Spherical colonies with small flagellated cells( ~ 5 m diameter) located at the periphery.

Similar genera:

Uroglena forms smaller colonies with < 100 cells connected to stalks radiating from the center of the colony.  Sometimes Uroglenopsis is considered synonymous with Uroglena.

Habitat:

Freshwater lakes.  Tend to proliferate under ice in late winter/early spring.

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