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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas pusilla
Playfair 1915

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:

Trachelomonas pusilla Playfair (left), lorica 18 μm long, 14 μm wide, L/W=, right: Tetraselmis sp., x 640, Nakai-numa park, Nakai, Yoshikawa city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas

Images of collecting locality: Nakai-numa park, Nakai, Yoshikawa city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 9, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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