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

 Synura uvella
Ehrenberg

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: Cells oval; bristles conspicuous; 20-40 μm long, 8-17 μm wide (Kudo, 1966).

Synura uvella ?, cell body tapered at positerior end, 20 μm long, 8 μm wide, x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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Synura Synura
Colony flattened, x 640
Synura Synura

S. uvella Ehrenberg: Cells oval; bristles conspicuous; 20-40 μm long, 8-17 μm wide (Kudo, 1966).

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