Phacus

Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Phacus pleuronectes
(O.F. Müller) Dujardin, 1841




Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle firm; body form constant (Kudo, 1966). Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species flat and leaf-shaped; often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Phacus pleuronectes, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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Phacus pleuronectes, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii

Phacus pleuronectus, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii



Phacus pleuronectes small var., x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii

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