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Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Ochromonadaceae
Chrysomonadida: Ochromonadidae

 Spumella sp.
Bory (Anthophysa)

Spumella Genus: Similar to Ochromonas, but colourless; cells ovoid, free-swimming, or attached by a protoplasmic thread, or mutually attached to form spherical colonies; 1 contractile vacuole (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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Spumella sp., cell body 7 μm long, 4 μm wide, x 400, Torinome Kasen park, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, September, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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Spumella Spumella

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