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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas
Pringsheim, 1956

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).
Lorica smooth (or dotted)
Collar present
Trachelomonas
T. playfairi
9 samples
collar slanted
22-41 μm
1998-2005
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
35 x 20 μm
collar present
Naruto
Chiba, 2003
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
32 x 22 μm
collar present
Jionji-shinsui p.
Iwatsuki-ku
Saitama, 2006
Trachelomonas dubia
T. dubia
or T. volzii ?
23 x 11 μm
Mashiko
Tochigi, 1999
Trachelomonas
T. volzii
v. cylindracea
11 samples
24-34 x μm
2003-2008
Trachelomonas schewiakoffii
T. hexangulata
3 samples
34-38 x μm
Mizumoto Park
2006-2008
Collar absent or very short (less than 1/2 of hight):
Lorica broad ellipsoidal, ellipsoidal, inverted ovoid or nearly spherical
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
43 x 31 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
34 x 25 μm
Izumi 741
Namegawa
Saitama, 2004
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
35 x 25 μm
near Town Hall
Shobu
Saitama, 2004
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
39 x 30 μm
Naruto
Chiba, 2003
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
30 x 19 μm
Iroha-numa
Zao mountain
Yamagata, 2005
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
32 x 23 μm
Jionji-shinsui p.
Iwatsuki-ku
Saitama, 2006
Trachelomonas
T. dybowskii ?
33 x 23 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Trachelomonas
T. dybowskii
13 samples
broad ellipsoid
16-26 μm
2001-2006
Trachelomonas oblonga
T. oblonga ?
14 samples
14-30 x 11-23 μm
2000-2006
Trachelomonas
T. oblonga
14 samples
14-30 x 11-23 μm
2000-2006
Trachelomonas ovoides
T. ovoides
2 samples
lorica 22-27 μm
2004-2005
Trachelomonas
T. volvocina
35 samples
10-27 μm
199?-2007
Collar absent or very short (less than 1/2 of hight):
Lorica elongate cylindrical or ellipsoidal
Trachelomonas pulcherrima
T. pulcherrima
6 samples
v. pulcherrima
17-27 μm
1998-2005
Trachelomonas
T. pulcherrima
6 samples
v. latior ?
18-27 μm
1998-2005
Trachelomonas
T. pulcherrima
7 samples
v. minor
18-27 μm
1998-2008
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
24 x 10 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Trachelomonas
T. cylindrica
10 samples
16.5-27 μm
1998-2006
Trachelomonas cylindrica
T. cylindrica ?
lorica dotted
Kashibaru m.
Karatsu
Saga, 2008
Trachelomonas pusilla
T. pusilla
μm
drainage ditch
Sakura
Chiba, 2008
Trachelomonas
T. pusilla
3 samples
18- μm
2006-2008
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas sp.
very small
5.5 x 4 μm
Okubo Ryoke
Akigase park
Saitama, 2005
Misc.
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas ?
μm
Uruguay, 1999
Trachelomonas
Trachelomonas ?
or tested amoeba?
μm
Japan, 1998

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