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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas klebsii
Deflandre 1926

Trachelomonas klebsii 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: Lorica elongated cylindrical, covered with short spines, collar absent, about 24 μm long, 13 μm wide (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
Similar species -- >> T. allia (broad cylindrical, spiny); T. hispida (ellipsoidal, spiny); T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted); T. lacustris (elongated cylindrical, dotted);


Trachelomonas (T. klebsi ?), lorica 21 μm long, 15 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640


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