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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas pusilla
Playfair 1915

Trachelomonas 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:

Trachelomonas pusilla Playfair ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a drainage ditch around Sakura castle ruin park (and National Museum of Japanese History), Sakura city, Chiba Pref., Japan, March 16, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas pusilla Trachelomonas pusilla

Images of collecting locality: A drainage ditch around Sakura castle ruin park (and National Museum of Japanese History), Sakura city, Chiba Pref., Japan, March 16, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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