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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Phacus pleuronectes
(O.F. Müller) Dujardin 1841

Phacus pleuronectes
Species: 45-100 μm long, 30-70 μm wide; short posterior prolongation slightly curved; a prominent ridge on the convex side; longitudinally striated; one ? circular paramylon (paramylum) body near center; flagellum as long as cell body (Kudo, 1966). Cell body nearly spherical at dorsal view; anterior end separated into two spherical projections; cauda strongly curved; dorsal ridge short or absent (cf. dorsal ridge present P. triqueter); cell body 40-80 μm long, 30-50 μm wide; two ? paramylon bodies disc-shaped; striae straight (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
Similar species -- >> P. triqueter; P. curvicauda;


Phacus pleuronectes (O.F. Müller) Dujardin, cell body 75 μm long (including cauda), 46 μm wide, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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