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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 var. buetschlii, cell body 27 μm long, 18 μm wide, L/W=1.5, x 640, Watarase-yusuichi (Watarase Wetland), Fujioka town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 30, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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