Euglenophyceae:
Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Euglena oxyuris
Schmarda
Species: 150-500 μm long,
20-40 μm wide; cylindrical,
almost always twisted; anterior end rounded, posterior end pointed;
numerous discoid chloroplasts; two ovoid paramylon (paramylum) bodies;
stigma large; sluggish (Kudo, 1966).
Body flattened, twisted, with longitudinal groove; two oval paramylon (paramylum) rings
(How to know the protozoa, 1979).
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Similar species -->> tripteris;
E. gigas;
E. gaumei;
Euglena oxyuris Schmarda,
cell body 250 μm long, 43 μm wide,
x 200, x 400, x 640, Sakitama-kofun park (Sakitama tumuli park), Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 17, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
x 640
Euglena oxyuris Schmarda,
cell body 255 μm long, 27 μm wide,
x 400, x 640, Sakitama-kofun park (Sakitama tumuli park), Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 17, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cell body 250 μm long, 29 μm wide, x 400, x 640
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