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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida

Lepocinclis ovum
(Ehrenberg) Lemmermann, 1901

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: Body 20-40 μm long (Kudo, 1966). Ovoid with short anterior process and a longer posterior spine; fresh water (How to know the protozoa, 1979).


Lepocinclis ovum (Ehrenberg) Lemmermann var. conica Allorge Lefevre, cell body 31 μm long, by H. Yoshino
Lepocinclis ovum


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