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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 Dangeard, lorica ellipsoidal 23 μm long, 17 μm wide, surface granulated, no collar, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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