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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas
Pringsheim 1956 (Mizuno & Takahashi eds. 2000)
Ehrenberg 1833 (Ling & Tyler 2000; John et al. eds. 2002)
Ehrenberg 1835 (Algaebase)

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).
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Lorica with spines (or dented)
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas Trachelomonas Trachelomonas
T. acanthostoma, T. allia; T. armata; T. caudata; T. charkowiensis; T. crispa; T. hispida; T. klebsii; T. obtusa; T. planktonica; T. raciborski; T. superba; sp. 1-2

Lorica granulated (or coarse)
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas Trachelomonas Trachelomonas
T. scabra; T. similis; T. granulosa; T. intermedia; T. abrupta; T. lacustris; T. rugulosa;
Lorica smooth (or dotted)
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas Trachelomonas Trachelomonas
T. playfairi; T. dubia; T. hexangulata, T. volzii; T. oblonga; T. pulcherrima; T. cylindrica; T. dybowskii; T. oblonga; T. ovoides; T. pusilla, T. volvocina;

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Trachelomonas
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