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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida: Euglenina

Euglena tripteris
(Dujardin) Klebs, 1883

Euglena tripteris Species: 70-120 μm long, 12-16 μm wide; elongate; three-ridged, rounded anteriorly and drawn out posteriorly; pellicle longitudinally striated; discoid chloroplasts numerous; two rod-shaped paramylon (paramylum) bodies (Kudo, 1966). 90-100 μm long; body twisted, with three longitudinal ridges (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Similar species --> > E. oxyuris; E. gigas


Euglena tripteris (Dujardin) Klebs 1883 (or E. oxyuris ?), cell body more than 300 μm long, μm wide, two paramylon bodies rod-shaped, head shape is similar to that of E. oxyuris, x 400, x 640, Komatsu, Tsuchiura city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, July 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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