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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Phacus trypanon
Pochmann

Phacus Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle firm; body form constant (Kudo, 1966). Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species flat and leaf-shaped; often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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Phacus trypanon Pochmann (or P. pyrum ?), cell body 45 μm long (including tail), 18 μm wide, x 640, Kenmin-kenko-fukushi-mura Park, Koshigaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 29, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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