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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena clara
Skuja 1948

Euglena clara Species: Cell body ovoidal or elongated ellipsoidal, both ends rounded, 42-58 μm long, 12-18 μm wide; euglenoid movement rare; 10-16 chloroplasts saucer-shaped with wavy margin, a pyrenoid covered with paramylon sheath located at the center; locomotive flagellum half of the cell body; nucleus ellipsoidal, 12 x 10; eyespot (stigma) 5 μm long (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).


Euglena clara Skuja 1948 ??, cell body 47 μm long, 14 μm wide, x 640, rice field, Shimo-muneoka, Shiki city, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 24, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena Euglena
Cell body 39 μm long, 12 μm wide, x 640
Euglena Euglena


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