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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida

Lepocinclis marssonii
Lemmermann var. marssonii

Lepocinclis Genus: Body more or less ovo-cylindrical; rigid with spirally striated pellicle; often with a short posterior spinous projection; stigma sometimes present; discoidal chromatophores (chloroplasts) numerous and marginal; paramylum bodies usually large and ring-shaped, laterally disposed; without pyrenoids; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species:


Lepocinclis marssonii Lemmermann, cell body 28 μm long, 11 μm wide, x 640, near Nan-ko (lake), Shirakawa city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, August 2003, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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