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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida: Euglenina

Euglena tripteris
(Dujardin) Klebs, 1883

Euglena tripteris Species: 70-120 μm long, 12-16 μm wide; elongate; three-ridged, rounded anteriorly and drawn out posteriorly; pellicle longitudinally striated; discoid chloroplasts numerous; two rod-shaped paramylon (paramylum) bodies (Kudo, 1966). 90-100 μm long; body twisted, with three longitudinal ridges (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Similar species --> > E. oxyuris; E. gigas


Euglena tripteris (Dujardin) Klebs 1883 ?, cell body 97 μm long, 14 μm wide, L/W=6.9, x 640, No. 3, Okahotto-Yatsu Museum (a biotope including rice field), Okahotto, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 17, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena tripteris Euglena tripteris

Images of collecting locality: No. 3, Okahotto-Yatsu Museum (a biotope including rice field), Okahotto, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 17, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

Euglena tripteris, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No. 4, Okahotto-Yatsu Museum (a biotope including rice field), Okahotto, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 17, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena tripteris Euglena tripteris

Images of collecting locality: No. 4, Okahotto-Yatsu Museum (a biotope including rice field), Okahotto, Abiko city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 17, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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