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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas hispida
(Perty) Stein var. hispida

Trachelomonas hispida 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:
Similar species -- >> T. allia (broad cylindrical, spiny); T. klebsii (cylindrical, spiny); T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted);

Trachelomonas hispida ?, lorica 16 μm long, 14 μm wide, L/W=1.1, flagellum about 45 &*956;m long, x 640, a water reservoir (pond) near Yamaguchi university, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Pref., November 21, 2004, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas

Trachelomonas robusta Swirenko: Lorica nearly spherical or ovoid, covered with short spines; no collar; 20-26 μm long, 17-22 μm diam. (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

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