Heterokonta: Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Ochromonadaceae

 Spongomonas
Lemmermann

Spongomonas Genus: Spherical or ovoidal colony; conposed of ovoid or ellipsoidal cells arranged on periphery of a gelatinous mass; without inner connecting processes; with a stigma and a plate-like chroloplast (Kudo, 1966).

Spongomonas ??, x 400, x 640, Aug. 7-13 1999, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640

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