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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas ovoides
Skvortzow

Trachelomonas ovoides 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: (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar species -->> T. pusilla;

Trachelomonas ovoides Skvortzow, lorica 22 μm long, 17.5 μm wide, L/W=1.3, its surface with spiral lines of small dots, x 640, water field near Akaiyaji-shoya-shokubutu-gunraku (Akai wetland), Aizuwakamatsu city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, May 4, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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