Genus: One emergent flagellum; non-emergent flagellum ends within reservoir; colourless; osmotrophic; no eyespot; rigid; solitary; elongated; curved; strongly flattened (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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M. gracile cell 92 x 8.5 μm Uruguay, 1999	M. gracile cell 84 x 9 μm water reservoir near Yamaguchi Univ. Yamaguchi, 2004	M. gracile cell 65 x 10 μm Okubo Ryoke Akigase park Saitama, 2005	M. gracile ? cell 52 x 3 μm Hiroshima, 1998
M. gracile ? cell μm Hiroshima, 1998	M. gracile cell 100 x 8 μm Jionji-shinsui p. Iwatsuki-ku Saitama, 2006	M. gracile cell 92 x 8 μm Omotsubo marsh 2 Niimi Okayama, 2006	M. gracile cell 46 x 10 μm Lake Nakatsuna 2 Omachi Nagano, 2007

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