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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida:

Astasia lagenula
Schewiakoff

Astasia Genus: Only 1 flagellum emergent from canal, colourless; eyespot absent; cell body fusiform or elongated, plastic, with pronounced euglenoid movement; many species, mostly freshwater (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body cylindroid with posterior end rounded, 45 μm long, 10 μm wide; a flagellum more or less longer than the body length; ovoidal paramylum granules (WPRNO).
Simiar species -->> A. lagenula;


Astasia lagenula (or A. parvula ?), cell body 31 μm long, 6.5 μm wide, x 640, Near Kurohama-numa (pond), Hasuda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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