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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida: Euglenina

Euglena oxyuris
Schmarda

Euglena oxyuris Species: 150-500 μm long, 20-40 μm wide; cylindrical, almost always twisted; anterior end rounded, posterior end pointed; numerous discoid chloroplasts; two ovoid paramylon (paramylum) bodies; stigma large; sluggish (Kudo, 1966). Body flattened, twisted, with longitudinal groove; two oval paramylon (paramylum) rings (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Similar species -->> tripteris; E. gigas; E. gaumei;


Euglena oxyuris, cell body 175 μm long, 22 μm wide, x 640,Kasama Park, Kasama city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, July 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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Euglena oxyuris
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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