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Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Ochromonadaceae

 Dendromonas virgaria
(Weisse 1845), Stein 1878
Syn.: Epistylis virgaria Weisse

Dendromonas Genus: Colonial; individuals without lorica, located at end of branched stalks (Kudo, 1966).
Species: About 8 μm long; colony up to 200 μm high (Kudo, 1966).

Dendromonas virgaria (or Pseudodendromonas vlkii ? Derepyxidaceae, Isochrysidales, Haptophyceae), cell body 10 μm long, 7 μm wide, L/W=1.4, x 200, x 400, x 640, Ohnuma (a pond at Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 1, 2007, by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: Ohnuma (a pond at Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 1, 2007, by Y. Tsukii

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