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

 Synura uvella
Ehrenberg emend. Korsikov (Starmach 1985)
Ehrenberg 1835 emend. F. Stein 1878 (John et al. eds. 2002)

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:

Synura uvella ?, cell body 27 μm long, 7-10 μm wide, x 640, Hyoutan-ike (a pond) in Chiko-zan Park, Sayama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 7, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Synura Synura

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