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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).
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Lepocinclis marssonii Lemmermann var. marssonii, cell body 38 μm long, 10 μm wide, L/W=3.8, x 640, a pond at Izumo Shrine, Izumo city, Shimane Pref., Japan, September 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Lepocinclis marssonii Lepocinclis marssonii

Images of collecting locality: a pond at Izumo Shrine, Izumo city, Shimane Pref., Japan, September 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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