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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena spirogyra-2
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 143 μm long, 24 μm wide, 3.3 striae within 10 μm (3 μm between striae), knobs 1.5 μm in diam., paramylon bodies ring-shaped (23 x 11, 25 x 12 μm), x 640, Akigase Park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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