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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).
Species:

Phacus trypanon Pochmann ?, cell body 50 μm long (including tail), 30 μm long (excluding tail), 25 μm wide, L/W=2.0, 1.2, x 640, Banpaku memorial park, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, January 24, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Banpaku memorial park, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, January 24, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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