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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida:

Strombomonas

Strombomonas borysteniensis Genus: Lorica has constricted neck instead of collar; lorica smooth; many species (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Species: Lorica broad spindle-shaped or ellipsoidal, collar cylindrical, surface smooth, 28-38 μm long, 12-17 μm wide, lorica opening slanted (Illustrations of the Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Similar genus -->> Trachelomonas;

Strombomonas sp. ?, lorica 72 μm long, 31 μm wide, x 400, x 640, near Ukima Park, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
Strombomonas Strombomonas Strombomonas
focused on anterior and posterior ends, a flagellum visualized, x 640
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Strombomonas Strombomonas Strombomonas
x 400, x 640
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Strombomonas Strombomonas Strombomonas
Cell body flattened by coverglass, a flagellum 79 μm long, x 640
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Strombomonas Strombomonas

Trachelomonas (Strombomonas) fluviatilis (Lemmermann) Deflandre: Lorica broad spindle-shaped or ellipsoidal, collar cylindrical, surface smooth, 28-38 μm long, 12-17 μm wide, lorica opening slanted (Illustrations of the Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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