Genus: Body elongated; with silicious scales and often spines; two chloroplasts rod-shaped
(Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Cell body cylindrical, 28-56 μm long, 9-16 μm wide;
(Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa 1, Chrysophyceae und Haptophyceae, 1985).
Mallomonas splendens,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, O-ike (pond), O-ike park, Yabuki town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, August 2003, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640