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Euglenophyceae: Sphenomonadales
Euglenida: Sphenomonadida

Notosolenus sp.

Notosolenus Genus: Free-swimming; rigid oval; ventral surface convex; dorsal surface with a longitudinal groove; flagella anterior; one long, directed anteriorly; the other shorter and trailing; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Posterior end truncate or concave; about 22 μm long (Kudo, 1966). Wide lateral groove; second flagellum short, in groove, hard to see; resembles Petalomonas (How to know the protozoa, 1979).


Notosolenus sp. ?, cell body 9 μm long, 6 μm wide, anterior flagellum 15 μm long, x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
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