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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 sp., lorica about 40-50 μm long, 7 μm wide, cell body 12 μm long, 6 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Watarase-yusuichi (Watarase Wetland), Fujioka town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 30, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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Hyalobryon Hyalobryon Hyalobryon Hyalobryon
Cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640
Hyalobryon Hyalobryon Hyalobryon Hyalobryon
Cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640
Hyalobryon Hyalobryon
Cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640
Hyalobryon Hyalobryon

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