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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., cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a small pond at Medical Plant Garden, Chichibu Muse Park, Chichibu city, Saitama Pref., Japan, December 9, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: A small pond at Medical Plant Garden, Chichibu Muse Park, Chichibu city, Saitama Pref., Japan, December 9, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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