Strombomonas

Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas hispida
var. crenulatocollis (Mask) Lemmermann



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).

Trachelomonas hispida var. crenulatocollis, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 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

Trachelomonas hispida var. crenulatocollis (Mask) Lemmermann:

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