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Chrysophyceae: Mallomonadales (or Ochromonadales): Synuraceae
Crysomonadea: Chromulinida

 Mallomonas mesolepis
Skuja

Mallomonas mesolepis 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).

Mallomonas mesolepis Skuja (similar to M. insignis Penard and M. pulcherrima (Stokes) Lemmermann), cell body 75 μm long, 18 μm wide, L/W=4.2, x 640, Kitamoto nature observation park, Kitamoto city, Saitama Pref., January 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: damp area at Kitamoto nature observation park, Kitamoto city, Saitama Pref., January 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

M. litomosa: Scales very delicate, needle-like projections at both ends; flagellum as long as body; 24-32 μm long, 8 μm wide (Kudo, 1966).

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