Species: Cell body fusiform (spindle-shaped), 62-95 μm long, 18-24 μm wide, euglenoid movement active; chloroplasts saucer-shaped, slightly lobed (or wavy ?), 8-14 in number, a prenoid covered with paramylon sheath located at the center; a flagellum nearly equal to or slightly longer than the cell body; nucleus spherical 8-10 μm in diam.; stigma 5 μm; many small granules present within cytoplasm (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).

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E. granulata 82 x 16 μm Tatebayashi Gunma, 2001	E. granulata 94 x 15 μm near Ukima park Tokyo, 2001	E. granulata μm Kisai town Saitama, 2003	E. granulata 86 x 13 μm near Ukima park Tokyo, 2001
E. granulata ? 70 x 14 μm stigma large Iwajuku Gunma, 2001	E. granulata ? 98 x 18 μm Mihashi Park Saitama, 2002	E. granulata ? with parasites Mihashi Park Saitama, 2002	E. granulata ? Senjo-ga-hara Nikko Tochigi, 2003
E. granulata ? 78-90 μm Kami-muneoka Shiki Saitama, 2004	E. granulata ? μm Torinome Kuroiso Tochigi, 2004

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