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 55 μm long, 17 μm wide,
x 640, Sewage drain, near Shinrin-koen (Musashi Kyuryo National Forest Park), Namegawa town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Sewage drain, near Shinrin-koen (Musashi Kyuryo National Forest Park), Namegawa town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii