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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida: Euglenina
Euglena acus
Ehrenberg, 1830
Species: 50-175 μm long,
8-18 μm wide;
body long spindle or cylindre, with a sharply pointed posterior end;
numerous discoid chloroplasts; several paramylon (paramylum) bodies; nucleus central; stigma distinct;
flagellum short, about one-fourth the body length (Kudo, 1966).
Euglena acus Ehrenberg 1830,
cell body 150 μm long, 10 μm wide,
stigma distinct, sharply pointed posterior end, numerous discoid chloroplasts,
chloroplasts small disc-shaped, 3-4 μm in diam.,
paramylon bodies rod-shaped, about 9-11 μm long, flagellum short,
Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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