Genus: Euglenas in a close fitting lorica; a single long flagellum extends through small opening; lorica with or without short collar; yellow to brown (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Lorica often possesses numerous spines, composed of ferric hydroxide impregnated with brown manganic compound (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Lorica broad ellipsoidal, 17-26 μm long, 13-22 μm wide; collar absent or short cylindrical; surface granulated (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> T. intermedia;
T. granulosa
26 x 22 μm
Kejo-numa
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003
T. granulosa
25 x 19.5 μm
near Nan-ko
Shirakawa
Fukushima, 2003
T. granulosa
31 x 22 μm
near Akai wetland
Aizuwakamatsu
Fukushima, 2005
T. granulosa
22 x 20 μm
Japan, 1998
T. granulosa
16 x 13 μm
Japan, 1998
T. granulosa
25 x 23 μm
Sano
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
T. granulosa ?
25 x 20 μm
Kamishiro
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
T. granulosa
29-30 x 23-26 μm
Suga-daira marsh
Ueda
Nagano, 2006
T. granulosa
29 x 26 μm
Iyari marsh
Omachi
Nagano, 2006
T. granulosa
26 x 22 μm
Iyari marsh 4
Omachi
Nagano, 2007
T. granulosa
30 x 22 μm
Iyari marsh 2
Omachi
Nagano, 2007
T. granulosa
29 x 26 μm
Izumo Shrine
Izumo
Shimane, 2006
T. granulosa
23 x 20 μm
Kibagata Park
Komatsu
Ishikawa, 2007
T. granulosa ?
or T. abrupta ?
31 x 22 μm
Saitama, 1999
T. granulosa ?
or T. abrupta ?
39 x 20 μm
Nishi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
T. granulosa ?
25 x 21 μm
near Town Hall
Shobu
Saitama, 2004
T. granulosa ?
or T. abrupta ?
31 x 21 μm
Demaru-nakago
Kawajima
Saitama, 2005