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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas sp.
Ehrenberg

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 sp. (similar to abrupta var. arcuata (Plagf.) Deflandre), lorica covered with a thick double-layered gelatinous coat (about 3 μm thick), 35 μm long, 25 μm wide (excluding gelatinous coat), x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

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