Euglenophyceae:
Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Trachelomonas volzii
var. cylindracea Playfair 1915
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:
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Trachelomonas volzii var. cylindracea Playfair 1915 (or T. dubia ?),
lorica 37 μm long, 15 μm wide (excluding collar, 3.5 x 3 μm),
x 640, Ohnuma (a pond in Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 5, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Ohnuma (a pond in Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 5, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
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