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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 78 μm long, 9 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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Euglena Euglena Euglena


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