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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena sanguinea
Ehrenberg 1830
Syns: E. viridis var. sanguinea F. Stein, E. haematodes (Ehrenberg 1830) Lemmermann 1913

Species: 80-170 μm long, 25-45 μm wide; posterior bluntly rounded; flagellum about the body length; pellicle striated; chloroplasts elongated, parallel to the striae; haematochrome granules scattered in sun light and gathered in central area in darkness (Kudo, 1966). Body broadly fusiform; 90-120 μm long, 25-35 μm wide; anterior rounded, posterior tapered with a short process; chloroplasts tasselized and forming chromatophore bands, 12-16 in number; flagellum = body length (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, 1996).
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Euglena
E. sanguinea
106 x 28 μm
Saitama, 1999
E. sanguinea
cell μm
Saitama, 1999
Euglena
E. sanguinea
144 x 22 μm
Mizumoto park
Tokyo, 2001
Euglena
E. sanguinea
120 x 31 μm
Mizumoto park
Tokyo, 2001
Euglena sanguinea
E. sanguinea
165 x 27 μm
Ichikawa
Chiba, 2001
Euglena
E. sanguinea
170 x 22 μm
Higashi-sano
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
Euglena sanguinea
E. sanguinea
120 x 33 μm
Iwajuku
Gunma, 2001
Euglena sanguinea
E. sanguinea
110 x 27 μm
Minuma-hikawa P.
Saitama, 2002
Euglena
Euglena sp.
156 μm
Tatebayashi
Gunma, 2001
Euglena sanguinea
E. sanguinea
147 x 32 μm
Kawashima
or Kawajima
Saitama, 2002
Euglena
E. sanguinea ?
120 x 41 μm
Nanbata-shinden
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004
Euglena
E. sanguinea ?
μm
Kashiwa Village m.p.
Kashiwa
Chiba, 2008

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Euglena sanguinea
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