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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida

Lepocinclis ?
or Euglena spirogyra ?

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 or Euglena spirogyra ?, cell body 64 μm long, 16 μm wide, L/W=4, x 640, Jizoh-bori at Sannoh Park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, September, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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Lepocinclis Lepocinclis Lepocinclis
Cell body 64 μm long, 15 μm wide, L/W=4.3, x 640
Lepocinclis Lepocinclis


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