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Euglenophyceae: Sphenomonadales
Euglenida: Sphenomonadida: Anisonemidae

 Marsupiogaster sp.
Dujardin

Marsupiogaster Family: Colorless body; two flagella, one directed anteriorly and the other usually posteriorly; stigma absent.
Genus: Oval, flattened, longitudinally striated; anterior flagellum about four times longer than shorter trailing one; fresh or salt water (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Species:

Marsupiogaster sp. ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a small pond near Yamakado marsh (Yamakado-Suigen-no-Mori), Nishi-Azai town, Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Marsupiogaster Marsupiogaster Marsupiogaster Marsupiogaster

Images of collecting locality: A small pond near Yamakado marsh (Yamakado-Suigen-no-Mori), Nishi-Azai town, Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii

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