Description of Bicosoeca tenuis

Bicosoeca cells with a lorica that is elongate-ovate or subfusiforme, nearly three times as long as broad, tapering equally at each extremity; pedicel scarcely one-half the height of the lorica; protoplast with a lip-like projection, slightly exsert anteriorly. Length of lorica 8.5 to 10.2 microns.