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Euglenophyceae: Rhabdomonadales
Euglenida:

Rhabdomonas intermedia

Rhabdomonas intermedia Genus: Emergent flagellum mobile throughout its length during swimming; colourless; no eyespot; cell body rigid; cylindrical, not flattened; canal opening subapical; paramylon and lipid abundant; fresh water (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Body rigid, cylindrical, more or less arched; pellicle longitudinally ridged; a flagellum at apex (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Entosiphon

Rhabdomonas intermedia, cell body 20 μm long, 11 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, standing water near Hyoutan-ike (pond), Uba-ga-daira, Nasu town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, July 16, 2006, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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