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).
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S. intestinum
cells pear-shaped
10 x 8 μm
flag. 26-33 μm
Uruguay, 1999
S. intestinum
cells spherical
7 x 7 μm
flag. 31 μm
Saitama, 1999
S. intestinum
cells sphe.-ellip.
9 x 7 μm
flag. 42 μm
Iruma Park
Saitama, 2002
S. intestinum
cells sphe.-ellip.
μm
flag. μm
Chichibu
Saitama, 2003
S. intestinum
cells sphe.-ellip.
μm
flag. μm
Shishizuka Oike
Tsuchiura
Ibaraki, 2003
S. intestinum
cells sphe.-ellip.
μm
flag. μm
Kiyasse-Hanyu
Hanyu
Saitama, 2003
S. intestinum
cells sphe.-ellip.
8 x 7 μm
flag. μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
S. intestinum
18 x μm
flag. 30 μm
Kannon-numa
Shimogo
Fukushima, 2006
S. intestinum ?
cells spherical
7-8 x 4-5 μm
flag. μm
Japan, 1998
S. intestinum ?
cells spherical
8 x 5 μm
flag. μm
Japan, 2000
S. uvella
μm
Omine numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
S. uvella
μm
Water reservoir
Iiyama
Nagano, 2008
Spongomonas sp.
gel reddish
9 x 6 μm
flag. 20 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Spongomonas sp.
μm
flag. μm
Naruto
Chiba, 2003
Spongomonas sp.
μm
flag. μm
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Spongomonas sp.
μm
flag. μm
Karakemi marsh
Yasaka
Nagano, 2005
Spongomonas sp.
7 μm
flag. 30 μm
Ushidome-ike
Norikura highland
Nagano, 2005
Spongomonas sp.
5-7 μm
Kannon-numa
Shimogo
Fukushima, 2005
Spongomonas sp.
7 μm
Karakemi marsh
Omachi
Nagano, 2006