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Chrysophyceae: Mallomonadales (or Ochromonadales): Synuraceae
Crysomonadea: Chromulinida

Synura sphagnicola
(Korshikov) Korshikov 1929

Synura Genus: Spherical or ellipsoidal colony composed of 2-50 ovoid cells arranged radially; cell body usually covered by short bristles; two chloroplasts lateral; no stigma; longitudinal cell division; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species:


Synura sphagnicola (Korshikov) Korshikov 1929 ?, cell body 15 μm long, 8 μm wide, flagellum about 25 μm long, x 400, x 640, Watarase-Yusuichi, Fujioka town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cells flattened by pressing with coverglass
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