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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas obtusa
Palmer 1925

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: Lorica 27-33 μm long, 15-16 μm wide (Ciugulea I. & Triemer R.E., A Color Atlas of Phtosyntetic Euglenoids, Michigan State University Press, 2010)


Trachelomonas obtusa Palmer 1925, lorica 28 μm long, 16 μm wide, L/W=1.8, collar absent, x 640, a pond at Izumo Shrine, Izumo city, Shimane Pref., Japan, September 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

Images of collecting locality: a pond at Izumo Shrine, Izumo city, Shimane Pref., Japan, September 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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