Two new taxa of the genus Ecballocystopsis Iyengar (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta), E. himalayansis sp. nov. and E. dichotomus var. minuta var. nov. occurring in two different localities, one in a water fall in Sikkim-Himalayas and another in a stream in Odisha are described. The former is the fourth species of Ecballocystopsis so far reported and the later is a variety of E. dichotomus Zheng-Yu et Lie-Jue earlier recorded from China. Comparative account of the morphological features of these species has been presented.
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Ecballocystopsis: E. himalayansis sp. nov., E. dichotomus var. minuta var. nov., Sikkim-Himalayas: New Report.
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