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Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Ochromonadaceae
Chrysomonadida: Ochromonadidae

Monas sp.
Wyssotski

Monas Genus: Solitary or colonial; body surface delicate; one to two chloroplasts; usually with a stigma; fresh water (Kudo, 1966). One to several chloroplasts; pyrenoid and/or eyespot (stigma) in some; cells naked, globular, ellipsoidal or pyriform (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:


Monas sp., cell body 16 μm long, 12 μm wide, gelatinous ? coat 1.5 μm in thickness, x 640, Ohnuma (a pond in Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 5, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
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Monas Monas

Images of collecting locality: Ohnuma (a pond in Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 5, 2006, by Y. Tsukii


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