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Haptophyceae: Isochrysidales: Derepyxidaceae
Prymnesiida:

Spongomonas sp.
(Cienkowski) Kent
Syn.: Phalansterium intestinum Cienkowski

Spongomonas Family: Two long flagella, 1-2 chloroplasts and 1-2 contractile vacuoles present (Starmach, 1985).
Genus: Cell body naked, colorless (without chloroplasts), a contractile vacuole present, colony embedded in a gelatinous matrix of various shape (Starmach, 1985).
Species: colony within a gelatinous matrix straight or curved (Starmach, 1985).

Spongomonas sp., cell body ovoid to pear-shaped embedded in a gelatinous matrix, 9 μm long, 5-6 μm wide, two flagella of equal length about 20 μm long, a contractile vacuole anterior, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas
Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas

Spongomonas intestinum, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas Spongomonas

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