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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas lacustris
Drezepolski var. lacustris

Trachelomonas Species: Lorica elongated cylindrical, covered with dots (var. lacustris dots present hole lorica, 25-30 x 12-15 μm, var. ovalis dots restricted at both ends, 22 x 12 μm) (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000)
Similar species -->> T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted); T. klebsii (cylindrical, spiny); T. cylindrica (elongated cylindrical, smooth); T. pulcherrima (elongated ellipsoidal, smooth);

Trachelomonas lacustris Drezepolski var. lacustris (or T. klebsi ?), lorica 28 μm long, 15 μm wide, L/W=1.9, short collar present (about 1 μm), flagellum about 60 μm long, x 640, Sakitama-kofun park (Sakitama tumuli park), Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 17, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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