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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena deses
Ehrenberg 1833

Species: 85-170 μm long, 10-20 μm wide; highly plastic; stigma distinct; chloroplasts discoid with pyrenoid; several small rod-shaped paramylon (paramylum) bodies (Kudo, 1966). Body flattened, twisted, with longitudinal chloroplasts; flagellum less than 1/4 body length (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Cell body cylindrical, 90-165 μm long, 9-18μm wide, posterior slightly pointed; chloroplast large disc-shaped, parietal, 30-50 in number, a pyrenoid without paramylon sheath located at the center; a flagellum 1/3 to 1/2 of the body length; nucleus ellipsoidal 14-20 x 8-12 μm; stigma 5-7 μm; paramylon bodies ellipsoidal or rod-shaped (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
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Large variety: more than 200 μm long
Euglena deses
E. deses
7 samples
170-210 μm
L/W=8-15
chl. 7-98 μm
para. 7-22 μm
2001-2006
Euglena
E. deses
7 samples
170-210 μm
L/W=8-15
chl. 7-98 μm
para. 7-22 μm
2001-2006
Euglena deses
E. deses
7 samples
170-210 μm
L/W=8-15
chl. 7-98 μm
para. 7-22 μm
2001-2006
Euglena deses
E. deses
7 samples
170-210 μm
L/W=8-15
chl. 7-98 μm
para. 7-22 μm
2001-2006
Medium variety: 100-200 μm long, L/W=5-11
Euglena deses
E. deses
54 samples
100-185 μm
L/W=5-14
chl. 4-11 μm
1999-2007
Euglena deses
E. deses
54 samples
100-185 μm
L/W=5-14
chl. 4-11 μm
1999-2007
Euglena deses
E. deses
54 samples
100-185 μm
L/W=5-14
chl. 4-11 μm
1999-2007
Euglena deses
E. deses
54 samples
100-185 μm
L/W=5-14
chl. 4-11 μm
1999-2007
Slender type: 100-200 μm long, L/W=11-15
Euglena deses
E. deses
18 samples
110-195 μm
L/W=11-15
chl. μm
2003-2007
Euglena deses
E. deses
18 samples
110-195 μm
L/W=11-15
chl. μm
2003-2007
Euglena deses
E. deses
18 samples
110-195 μm
L/W=11-15
chl. μm
2003-2007
Euglena deses
E. deses
18 samples
110-195 μm
L/W=11-15
chl. μm
2003-2007
Small variety: less than 100 μm long
Euglena
E. deses
8 samples
65-98 μm
L/W=8-11
chl. μm
2001-2006
Euglena deses
E. deses
8 samples
65-98 μm
L/W=8-11
chl. μm
2001-2006
Euglena deses
E. deses
8 samples
65-98 μm
L/W=8-11
chl. μm
2001-2006
Euglena deses
E. deses
8 samples
65-98 μm
L/W=8-11
chl. μm
2001-2006

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