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Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Dinobryaceae

 Epipyxis sp.

Epipyxis Genus: 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).
Species:

Epipyxis sp., lorica 18 μm long, 8.5 μm wide, L/W=2.1, x 640, Imori pond, Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Epipyxis Epipyxis

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