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Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Dinobryaceae

 Epipyxis sp.
Ehrenberg 1838
Syn.: Hyalobryon Lauterborn

Hyalobryon Genus: Solitary or colonial; individual with tubular test; young individuals are attached to the exterior of parent tests (Kudo, 1966). Loricas tubular, attached to sides of one another (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
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Hyalobryon, tube-like lorica 30-40 μm long, 5 μm wide, x 640, x 400, x 640, near Okubo ike (pond as water reservoir), Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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