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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena agilis
H.J. Carter 1856
Syn: Euglena pisciformis Klebs 1883

Species: 20-35 μm long, 5-10 μm wide; spindle-form with bluntly pointed anterior and sharply attenuated posterior end; a few chloroplasts (Kudo, 1966). 2 leaf-like chloroplasts (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977). Cell body fusiform, 21-32 μm long, 8-11 μm wide; anterior rounded, posterior bluntly pointed or rounded; 2-3 chloroplasts large, saucer-shaped with slightly lobed margins, 15-24 μm in diam., each containing a pyrenoid covered on both sides by a watchglass-shaped sheath of paramylon; nucleus 6 μm in diam. located posterior; flagellum 1-1.5 body length; stigma (eyespot) 3-4 μm long; muciferous bodies small, spherical; paramylon granules small, oval or elliptiocal (Phtomicrog. Fresh-w. Alg. 9: 37, 1989).
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Cell body more than 30 μm long
Euglena
E. agilis ?
45 x 12 μm
water reservoir
near Yamaguchi Univ.
Yamaguchi, 2004
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
38 x 14 μm
near Isa-numa
Kawagoe
Saitama, 2005
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
41 x μm
posterior pointed
Maeda
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
40 x 10 μm
posterior pointed
Haneo
Namegawa
Saitama, 2004
Euglena
E. agilis
27-35 μm
posterior pointed
Nishi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
34 x μm
river bank
Doman-green Park
Saitama, 2003
Euglena clara
E. agilis
33 x 12 μm
Sunaga
Higashi-matsuyama
Saitama, 2004
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
33 x 10 μm
Haneo
Namegawa
Saitama, 2004
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
33 x 9 μm
Ranzan town
Saitama, 2003
Euglena
E. agilis
33 x 12 μm
near Oppe river
Kawajima
Saitama, 2005
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
32 x 9 μm
Sashi-ohgi
Saitama, 2002
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
31 x 11 μm
Sukawa highland
Kurikoma mountain
Akita, 2005
Euglena
E. agilis
30 x 14 μm
Mihashi Park
Saitama, 2002
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
30 x 7.5 μm
Misato town
Saitama, 2003
Cell body 20-30 μm long
Euglena psciformis
E. agilis
28-30 x 8-9 μm
Ushiku
Ibaraki, 2002
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
20-30 μm
Japan, 199?
Euglena
E. agilis
27 x 9 μm
Ujiie (Sakura)
Tochigi, 2001
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
25-30 μm
Kami-karako
Higashi-matsuyama
Saitama, 2003
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
29 x 8 μm
Minowada
Moroyama
Saitama, 2004
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
29-31 x 8 μm
Ohmido
Kamisato
Saitama, 2004
Euglena pisciformis
E. agilis
30 x 8 μm
drainage ditch
Sakura
Chiba, 2008
Euglena
stock Ujie-2-1a
axenic culture
Ujiie (Sakura)
Tochigi, 2001
Euglena
E. agilis ?
27 x 9 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Euglena agilis
E. agilis ?
27 x 9 μm
posterior pointed
Shishizuka
Tsuchiura
Ibaraki, 2003
Euglena agilis
E. agilis ?
26 x 9 μm
posterior rounded
Kodama
Saitama, 2003
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
26 x 8 μm
Takamatsu
Kagawa, 2002
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
25 x 8 μm
Toda
Saitama, 2002
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
25 x 7 μm
Hasuda
Saitama, 2002
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
25 x 7.5 μm
Misato town
Saitama, 2003
Euglena
E. agilis
28 x 9 μm
near Town Hall
Shobu
Saitama, 2004
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
23 x 6 μm
Wan-park-land
Kochi, 2002
Euglena
E. agilis ?
23 x 10 μm
Mizuko-kaizuka
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004
Euglena
E. agilis
21 x 7 μm
Nanbata-shinden
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
23 x 7.5 μm
Shigesato
Tsukuba
Ibaraki, 2007
Euglena
stock Syos-2
E. agilis ?
35 x 17 μm
Hitotsugi
Yoshimi
Saitama, 2004
Cell body less than 20 μm long
Euglena
E. agilis ?
or similar sp.
18 x 9 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Euglena
E. agilis
or similar sp.
17 x 9 μm
Ueno
Tokyo, 2001
Euglena agilis
E. agilis
μm
Iruma
Saitama, 2003

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