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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, lorica ellipsoidal, posterior end conical, surface granulated, 30 μm long, 17 μm wide, collar absent, 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 Trachelomonas
Lorica ellipsoidal, posterior end conical, surface smooth ?, 23 μm long, 14 μm wide, collar absent, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

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