Euglenophyceae:
Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Trachelomonas cylindrica
var. Decollata Playfair 1915
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:
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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
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Lorica 17 μm long, 9.5 μm wide, L/W=, x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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