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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, cell body 85 μm long, 10 μm wide, x 640, a pond near Asami-numa (Azami-numa), Iwajuku, Kasakake town, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena mutabilis Euglena mutabilis

* Euglena mutabilis Hardy: 70-170 μm long, 25-36 μm wide; cell body cylindrical; rounded anteriorly & tapered posteriorly; 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 sanguinea Ehrenberg, 1830 (Syn. E. haematodes (Ehrenberg, 1830) Lemmermann, 1913): 80-170 μm long, 25-45 μm wide; posterior bluntly rounded; flagellum about the body length; pellicle striated; chloroplasts elongated, parallel to the striae; haematochrome granules scattered in sun light and gathered in central area in darkness (Kudo, 1966). Body broadly fusiform; 90-120 μm long, 25-35 μm wide; anterior rounded, posterior tapered with a short process; chloroplasts tasselized and forming chromatophore bands, 12-16 in number; flagellum = body length (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, 1996).

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