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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas armata
var. longispina (Playfair) Deflandre

Trachelomonas Genus: Euglenas in a close fitting lorica; a single long flagellum extends through small opening; lorica with or without short collar; yellow to brown (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Lorica often possesses numerous spines, composed of ferric hydroxide impregnated with brown manganic compound (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 30-60 μm long, Spines around rim of collar, also on rear 1/4 of lorica, fresh water (How to know the protozoa, 1979).


Trachelomonas armata var. longispina (or var. ovata Swirenko ?), lorica 43 μm long, 33 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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