Identified by Chi Ling Wang at Dept. of Nature Science Education, National Chia-Yi Teacher's College, Taiwan ->> Dr. Wang's Image Gallery

Species: Cells 82-92 μm long, 16-22 μm broad; moderately to strongly metabolic; elongate-fusiform to cylindrical, anterior end truncated to rounded, posterior end swelling slightly and constricted into a short non-hyaline cauda, 2-4 μm; periplast spirally striated; chloroplast numerous, without pyrenoid, discoid, parietal, distribute at the posterior portion of cell; paramylon grains very numerous, rod-shaped or discoid, locate at the anterior portion of the cell; nucleus spherical, 5-9 μm in diameter, located at the back portion of the cells; locomotory flagellum one half body length, 42 μm; eyespot curved lamella-shaped, with the convex face outward , prominent, red to orange color, 2.5 μm in diameter.
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E. hemichromata 150 x 24 μm Shirahata-Numa Urawa Saitama, 2005	E. hemichromata μm Taiwan, 199?	E. hemichromata ? 125 x 25 μm chl. leaf-shaped Mizumoto Park Tokyo, 2001	E. hemichromata 116 x 27 μm Kawashima or Kawajima Saitama, 2002
E. hemichromata 104 x 25 μm Japan, 1999	E. hemichromata 105 x 25 μm 78 x 14 μm Ranzan Saitama, 2004	E. hemichromata 105 x 25 μm Japan, 2000	E. hemichromata ? 95 x 24 μm nuc. posterior Mihashi Park Saitama, 2002
E. hemichromata 95 x 18 μm Izumi 741 Namegawa Saitama, 2004	E. hemichromata 88 x 24 μm Taki-no-joshi p. Tokorozawa Saitama, 2004	E. hemichromata ? 87 x 20 μm Ichikawa Chiba, 2001	E. hemichromata ? 86 x 20 μm Fukasaku-gawa Yusuichi Saitama, 2002
E. hemichromata 84 x 18 μm Noda Namegawa Saitama, 2004	E. hemichromata 82 x 20 μm Nanbata-shinden Fujimi Saitama, 2004	E. hemichromata ?? 82 x 17 μm Omine-numa Tsukiyono Gunma, 2003	E. hemichromata 81 x 15 μm Mashiko Tochigi, 1999
E. hemichromata 80 x 15 μm Saitama, 1999	E. hemichromata ? 75 x 16 μm Uruguay, 1999	E. hemichromata 67 x 16 μm Japan, 1998	E. hemichromata 67 x 17 μm Ranzan Saitama, 2004
E. hemichromata 66 x 14 μm Taiwan, 199?	E. hemichromata ? 59 x 36 μm nuc. posterior Japan, 1998	E. hemichromata ? 53 μm Uruguay, 1999	E. hemichromata ? 91 x 17 μm Shimo-muneoka Shiki Saitama, 2004
E. hemichromata ? 91 x 17 μm Nagaike park Hachioji Tokyo, 2005

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