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Haptophyceae: Isochrysidales: Derepyxidaceae
Prymnesiida:

Spongomonas intestinum
(Cienkowski) Stein 1878
Syn.: Phalansterium intestinum Cienkowski

Spongomonas 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).
Species: colony within a gelatinous matrix straight or curved (Starmach, 1985).

Spongomonas intestinum, cell body 10 μm long, 8 μm wide, with two flagella of equal length (about 26-33 μm long), x 400, x 640, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., August 7-13, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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