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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 72 μm long, 5.5 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Shijuhachi-ike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 1, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena mutabilis

Images of collecting locality: No. 5, Shijuhachi-ike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 1, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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