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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Euglena mutabilis
F. Schmitz 1884

Euglena mutabilis Species: 70-170 μm long, 25-36 μm wide; cell body cylindrical; anterior rounded and posterior tapered; spiral striation; nucleus posterior; flagellum longer than body; stigma about 7 μm in diam., many fusiform chloroplasts aligned with the striae; numerous haematochrome granules; paramylum bodies ovoid (Kudo, 1966).


Euglena mutabilis Schmitz, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a drainage ditch near Demaru bridge, Demaru-Nakago, Kawajima (Kawashima) town, Saitama Pref., March 23, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Drainage ditch, Kami-omino, Kawajima (Kawashima) town, Saitama Pref., February 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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