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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena mutabilis
F. Schmitz 1884

Euglena mutabilis Species: 70-170 μm long, 25-36 μm wide; cell body cylindrical; anterior rounded and posterior tapered; spiral striation; nucleus posterior; flagellum longer than body; stigma about 7 μm in diam., many fusiform chloroplasts aligned with the striae; numerous haematochrome granules; paramylum bodies ovoid (Kudo, 1966).


Euglena mutabilis Schmitz, cell body about 160 μm long, 21 μm wide, L/W=7.6, x 640, Ko-sumida river near Sakae-bashi (Sakae bridge), Kasukabe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena mutabilis Euglena mutabilis

Images of collecting locality: Ko-sumida river near Sakae-bashi (Sakae bridge), Kasukabe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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