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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas hispida
(Perty) Stein var. hispida

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


Trachelomonas hispida (Perty) Stein var. hispida, lorica 33 μm long, 26 μm wide, L/W=1.3, covered with short spines 1 μm long, collar absent, x 640, No.2, Nozomiko (Lake Nozomi), Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Iiyama city, Nagano Pref., Japan, April 26, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: No.2, Nozomiko (Lake Nozomi), Madarao highland, Iiyama city, Nagano Pref., Japan, April 26, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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