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 sanguinea,
cell body 147 μm long, 32 μm wide,
x 640, Tobai-numa (pond), Kawajima (Kawashima) town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2002 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Euglena rubra Hardy:
70-170 μm long,
25-36 μm wide;
cell body cylindrical; rounded anteriorly & tapered posteriorly; spiral stiation;
nucleus posterior; flagellum longer than body; stigma about 7 μm
in diam., many fusiform chloroplasts aligned with the striae;
numerous haematochrome granules; paramylum bodies ovoid (Kudo, 1966).
* Euglena sanguinea Ehrenberg, 1830 (Syn. E. haematodes (Ehrenberg, 1830)
Lemmermann, 1913):
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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