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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida

Lepocinclis wangi
Perty

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:
Similar species --> L. fusiformis; L. steinii; L. teres;


Lepocinclis wangi Perty, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Naruto town, Chiba Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Lepocinclis wangi Lepocinclis wangi


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