 
 
Euglenophyceae: 
Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Euglena oxyuris
Schmarda
|  Species: 150-500 μm long, 
20-40 μm wide; cylindrical, 
almost always twisted; anterior end rounded, posterior end pointed; 
numerous discoid chloroplasts; two ovoid paramylon (paramylum) bodies; 
stigma large; sluggish (Kudo, 1966).  
Body flattened, twisted, with longitudinal groove; two oval paramylon (paramylum) rings
(How to know the protozoa, 1979). | 
Similar species -->> tripteris; 
			E. gigas; 
			E. gaumei; 
Euglena oxyuris Schmarda, 
cell body 145 μm long, 23 μm wide, anterior end rounded, 
two paramylon bodies ring-shaped, a nucleus located between the paramylon bodies, 
small paramylon bodies many,  ring-shaped (or with a hole at their center), 
stigma large, elliptical, 9 μm long, 7 μm wide, 
x 400, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
Cell body  μm long,  μm wide, anterior end rounded, 
two paramylon bodies ring-shaped, a nucleus located between the paramylon bodies, 
small paramylon bodies many,  ring-shaped (or with a hole at their center), 
stigma large, elliptical,  μm long,  μm wide, 
x 400, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
 
 
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