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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas
Ehrenberg

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).

T. armata
or var. longispina ?
3 clips
40 μm
Japan, 1998

T. playfairii
1 clip
lorica 22 μm
posterior rounded
Japan, 1998

Trachelomonas sp.
2 clips
lorica cylindrical
32 x 12 μm
Japan, 1998

T. raciborski
1 clip
lorica 28 μm
Japan, 1998

T. volvocina
var. derephora ?
1 clip
with collar
24-20 μm φ
Japan, 1998

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