Family: With two unequal flagella (heterokonta); no pellicle and plastic (Kudo, 1966).
Genus: Similar to Ochromonas, but without chloroplasts; plastic; often attached to foreign objects; body small, up to 20 μmlong (Kudo, 1966).

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M. guttula ? 15 x 12 μm with gel coat Japan, 1999	M. guttula ? 14 x 12 μm with gel coat Japan, 1998	M. guttula ? 14 x 12 μm with gel coat Japan, 1999	M. guttula ? 15 x 10 μm without gel coat ?? Japan, 1998
M. guttula 20 x 18 μm with gel coat Iwatsuki Saitama, 2002	M. guttula ? μm with gel coat Wan-park-land Kochi, 2002	M. guttula ? μm Railway Station Kochi, 2002	M. guttula ? μm near Kibagata p. Komatsu Ishikawa, 2007
Monas sp. 16 μm Ohnuma Nasu-shiobara Tochigi, 2006	Monas sp.3 15 μm cell division with gel coat Japan, 1999	Monas sp.3' 23 x 20 μm with gel coat Saitama, 1999
M. globosa ? 14 μm without gel coat ?? Japan, 1998	M. globosa ? μm Nagareyama Chiba, 1998
M. socialis ? 12 x 10 μm with gel coat Higashi-Matsuyama Saitama, 2002	M. socialis ? 12 x 10 μm on stalk Hikariga-oka Park Tokyo, 2002	M. socialis ? 6 μm on stalk Japan, 1998	M. socialis ? cell μm Japan, 1998
Monas ?? 7 μm Japan, 1998	Monas ?? μm Otto-Numa Tsuchiura Ibaraki, 2002	Monas sp. μm Tsukamoto Sakura-ku Saitama, 2004

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