Spumella

Heterokonta: Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Ochromonadaceae
Chrysomonadida: Ochromonadidae

 Spumella
Cienkowsky




Genus: Similar to Ochromonas, but colourless; cells ovoid, free-swimming, or attached by a protoplasmic thread, or mutually attached to form spherical colonies; 1 contractile vacuole (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Spumella, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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