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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena limnophila
Ehrenberg, 1830
= Phacus limnophila (Lemmermann) Linton et Karnkowska 2010
(Ciugulea I. & Triemer R.E., A Color Atlas of Phtosynthetic Euglenoids, Michigan State University Press, 2010)

Species: Cell body long spindle-shaped, 60-78 μm long, 10-12 μm wide, anterior attenuated, posterior tapered into a caudal projection; euglenoid movement inactive; many chloroplasts small disc-shaped without pyrenoids; locomotive flagellum about 1/2 body length; nucleus ellipsoidal, 8 x 5 μm in diam.; two types of paramylon bodies, one small bar-shaped, another 2 ring-shaped ones at both sides of the nucleus (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
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Euglena limnophila
E. limnophila
86 x 10 μm
near Town Hall
Shobu
Saitama, 2004
Euglena
E. limnophila
78 x 12 μm
Nishi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
Euglena limnophila
E. limnophila
71 x 13 μm
Mihashi Park
Saitama, 2002
Euglena limnophila
E. limnophila ?
128 x 19 μm
Japan, 199?
Euglena
E. limnophila ?
115 μm
Vermont-Maine
USA, 1999
Similar species -->> E. acus

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Euglena limnophila
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