Genus: Body elongated; with silicious scales and often spines; two chloroplasts rod-shaped (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body 16-25 μm long, 9-15 μm wide (or 10-13 μm long, 7-10 μm wide ?) (Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 1, Chrysophyceae und Haptophyceae, 1985).
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M. minuta
or M. punctifera ?
18-30 x 10-12 μm
Sannoh Park
Saitama
Saitama, 2005
M. minuta ?
17 x 13 μm
Jizoh-bori
Sannoh Park
Saitama, 2005
