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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 (E. mutabilis ?), cell body anteriorly constrcted, about 70 μm long, 15 μm wide, x 640, Yoshimi athletic park, Yoshimi town, Saitama Pref., Japan, September 19, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena

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