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Chrysophyceae: Mallomonadales (or Ochromonadales): Synuraceae
Crysomonadea: Chromulinida

 Synura uvella
Ehrenberg

Synura Genus: Spherical or ellipsoidal colony composed of 2-50 ovoid cells arranged radially; cell body usually covered by short bristles; two chloroplasts lateral; no stigma; longitudinal cell division; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cells oval; bristles conspicuous; 20-40 μm long, 8-17 μm wide (Kudo, 1966).

Synura sp. (uvella ?), cell body 16 μm long, 10 μm wide, x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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Synura Synura

S. uvella Ehrenberg: Cells oval; bristles conspicuous; 20-40 μm long, 8-17 μm wide (Kudo, 1966).

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