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

Sinura sp., cell body 26 μm long, 11 μm wide, x 640, Toneri Park, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, December 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Sinura Sinura Sinura Sinura

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

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