Genus: Body elongated; with silicious scales and often spines; two chloroplasts rod-shaped (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body spindle-shaped, 65-74 μm long, 16-17.5 μm wide; scales rhomboid (6-7 x 4 μm) (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 1, Chrysophyceae und Haptophyceae, 1985).
Similar to: Mallomoas insignis Penard (85-100 μm long).

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M. mesolepis 75 x 17 μm Watarase Wetland Fujioka Tochigi, 2005	M. mesolepis 85 x 17 μm Watarase Wetland Fujioka Tochigi, 2005	M. mesolepis 68 x 18 μm Hazama marsh Ashikaga Tochigi, 2006
M. mesolepis 55 x 17 μm 60 x 20 μm Koaze river Kawagoe Saitama, 2002	M. mesolepis 64 x 17 μm Koaze-Mizutori Kawagoe Saitama, 2006	M. mesolepis 60 x 18 μm near Ara-kawa Kami-muneoka Saitama, 2004	M. mesolepis 60-65 x 16-17 μm fukushi-mura p. Koshigaya Saitama, 2004
M. mesolepis 47 x 17 μm Okubo Ryoke Akigase park Saitama, 2005	M. mesolepis 73 x 17 μm Okubo Ryoke Akigase park Saitama, 2005	M. mesolepis 58-80 x 18 μm Mitsumata-numa Kawagoe etc. Saitama, 2005	M. mesolepis 75 x 18 μm Kitamoto n.o.p. Kitamoto Saitama, 2006
M. mesolepis 75 x 18 μm Maruyama Park Ageo Saitama, 2006	M. mesolepis 55 x 17 μm near Shinrin-koen Namegawa Saitama, 2006	M. mesolepis μm Beppu-numa p.1 Kumagaya Saitama, 2008
M. mesolepis μm Tango-seki p.1 Chuoh-ku Chiba, 2008	M. mesolepis μm Tango-seki p.3 Chuoh-ku Chiba, 2008	M. mesolepis μm Tonbo-no-numa Isumi Chiba, 2007	M. mesolepis 95 x 18 μm Iyari marsh 3 Omachi Nagano, 2007

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