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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonasx intermedia
Dangeard, 1901

Trachelomonas Species: Lorica broad ellipsoidal, 19-22 μm long, 15-17 μm wide, surface granulated, no collar but periphery of the opening thickened, 4-5 chloroplasts cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid covered by paramylon sheath (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
Lorica spherical or ovoid, slightly narrowed to anterior end, 20-25 μm long, 16-18 μm wide; surface dotted; collar absent but periphery of flagellar opening thickened (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Simlar species -->> T. dybowskii; T. granulosa;

Trachelomonas intermedia (or T. hispida ?), lorica ellipsoidal, 18 μm long, 15 μm wide, covered with small granules, collar absent, x 640, Musashi-Urawa (near Shirahata-numa), Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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