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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

Euglena 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).


Euglena sanguinea ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Dai-ich Choseichi biotope, Kashiwa Village Mizube Park, Kashiwa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 11, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Dai-ich Choseichi biotope, Kashiwa Village Mizube Park, Kashiwa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 11, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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