Chrysophyceae:
Mallomonadales (or Ochromonadales): Synuraceae
Crysomonadea: Chromulinida
Mallomonas mesolepis
Skuja
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).
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Mallomonas mesolepis Skuja
(similar to M. insignis Penard and M. pulcherrima (Stokes) Lemmermann),
cell body 55 μm long, 17 μm wide,
x 640, Koaze river (Mizutori-no-sato Park), Kawagoe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 2002 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Mallomonas mesolepis (Stokes) Lemmermann (or M. lefevrei Villeret ?),
cell body 60 μm long, 20 μm wide,
x 640, Koaze river (Mizutori-no-sato Park), Kawagoe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 2002 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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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