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Euglenophyceae: Distigmales

 Distigma sp.
Ehrenberg

Genus: Two flagella emergent from canal, one less than 1/2 the length of the other and directed laterally or posteriorly during swimming; colourless; no eyespot, body plastic; osmotrophic, no ingestion organelle (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:

Distigma sp. ?, cell body 11 μm long, 8 μm wide, two flagella nearly equal in length ?, if so, this is not Distigma ?, x 640, Near Kurino-mi Park, Takasaka-Kitasakado, Higashi-Matsuyama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, August 2002 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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