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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena proxima
Dangeard, 1901

Euglena proxima Species: cell body spindle-form, plastic, (50)-78-85-(95) μm long, 14.5-19 (21) μm wide; flagellum 1-1.5 times longer than body; pellicle with herical lines; ; many discoid chloroplasts; no pyrenoids; many rod-shaped paramyllum bodies (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Euglena proxima ??, cell body 85 μm long, 22 μm wide, L/W=3.9, x 640, water field near Akaiyaji-shoya-shokubutu-gunraku (Akai wetland), Aizuwakamatsu city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, May 4, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena Euglena


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