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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena spirogyra-1
Ehrenberg 1838 (or 1830?)

Euglena spirogyra Species: 80-125 μm long, 10-35 μm wide; cylindrical; anterior end a little narrowed and rounded; posterior end drawn out; spiral striae, made up of small knobs; many discoid chloroplasts; two ovoidal paramylon (paramylum) bodies; flagellum about 1/4 the body length; sluggish (Kudo, 1966). 80-180 μm long. Several varieties: var. suprema 140-180 μm, var. marchica, 85-165 micron, var. abruptacuminata, 130-145 μm (How to know the protozoa, 1979). 45-250 μm long, 5-35 μm wide (Illustrated guide, 1985). Cell body 70-96 μm long, 10-14 μm wide, two large paramylon bodies ring-shaped (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).


Euglena spirogyra, cell body 115 μm long, 24 μm wide, anterior end truncated, striae within 10 μm, knobs μm in diam., x 400, x 640, Omachi natural park, Ichikawa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, September 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena spirogyra Euglena spirogyra Euglena spirogyra
Euglena spirogyra Euglena spirogyra Euglena spirogyra

Euglena spirogyra, cell body 115 μm long, 25 μm wide, x 640, Omachi natural park, Ichikawa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, September 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena spirogyra Euglena spirogyra


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