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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas sp.

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. (outline shape similar to T. piscatoris (Fischer) Stokes 1888 but lacks dented collar), lorica 20 μm long, 15 μm wide, flagellum 50 μm long, x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Trachelomonas, lorica 20 μm long, 15 μm wide, x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

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