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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas similis
Stokes, 1890

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: Collar slanted, L/W ≥ 1/2; lorica ellipsoidal in shape, surface dotted
Similar species -- >> T. playfairi;


Trachelomonas similis Stokes 1890 (or T. scabra var. scabra ?), lorica μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, Saitama Pref., Japan, May-June 1999, 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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