Euglenophyceae:
Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Euglena gaumei
Genus: Spindle, cylindrical or band-form; pellicle usually marked by longitudinal or spiral striae;
some with a thin pellicle highly plastic; stigma usually anterior; chloroplasts discoid,
band-form, or fusiform; two paramylum bodies located on
either side of nucleus, rod-like to ovoid in shape or numerous and scattered throughout; contractile vacuole
near reservoir; cell division longitudinal (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
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Similar species -->> E. oxyuris;
E. tripteris
Euglena gaumei ?,
cell body 106 μm long, 12 μm wide,
x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Euglena gaumei ?,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
Euglena gaumei ?,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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