Chrysophyceae:
Ochromonadales: Ochromonadaceae
Chrysomonadida: Ochromonadidae
Monas sp.
Wyssotski
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:
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Monas sp.,
cell body 23 μm long, 20 μm wide,
a long flagellum 31 μm in length, a short flagellum 12 ? μm in length,
x400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
20 μm
40 μm
60 μm; x 1000
* M. guttula Ehrenberg: Spherical to ovoid; 14-16 μm
long; free-swimming or attached; longer flagellum about one to two times body length; cysts 12
μm diam. (Kudo, 1966).
M. elongata Stokes: Elongate; about 11 μm long;
anterior end obliquely truncate (Kudo, 1966).
M. socialis Kent: Spherical; 5-10 μm long
(Kudo, 1966).
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