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Haptophyceae: Isochrysidales: Derepyxidaceae
Prymnesiida:

Spongomonas uvella
F. Stein

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: Cell body oval, 8-12 μm long; flagella 2 to 3 times as long; colony about 50 μm high; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).


Spongomonas uvella, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Tsukiyono town, Gunma Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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