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Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Dinobryaceae

Dinobryon divergens

Dinobryon divergens Genus: Solitary or colonial; individuals with vase-like, hyaline, but sometimes, yellowish cellulose lorica, drawn out at its base; one to two lateral chromatophores (chloroplasts); usually with a stigma; in colonial forms daughter individuals remains attached to the inner margin of aperture of parent loricas and there secrete new loricas; (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Hyalobryon; Bicoeca petiolata


Dinobryon divergens, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Hanyu-Suigo Park (Hozoji-numa), Mitagaya, Hanyu city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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