image_list image_listE

Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas cylindrica
var. Decollata Playfair 1915

Trachelomonas cylindrica 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:
T. pulcherrima (elongated ellipsoidal, smooth); T. lacustris (elongated cylindrical, dotted); T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted);


Trachelomonas cylindrica var. decollata Playfair 1915 ?, lorica 27 μm long, 12 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas
Lorica 17 μm long, 9.5 μm wide, L/W=, x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

Images of collecting locality: Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright Protist Information Server