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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas hexangulata
Swirenko 1914

Trachelomonas hexangulata 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 hexangulata Swirenko var. hexangulata (or T. volzii var. cylindracea ?), cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.1, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 12, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

Images of collecting locality: No.1, Omine-numa (pond/marsh), Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, October 12, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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