Euglenophyceae:
Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida: Euglenina
Euglena tripteris
(Dujardin) Klebs, 1883
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).
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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
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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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