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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida

Lepocinclis salina
Fritsch 1914
= Euglena texta (Dujardin) Hübner 1886
= Lepocinclis texta (Dujardin) Lemmermann var. minor or
= Phacus salina (Fritsch) Linton et Karnkowska 2010
(Ciugulea I. & Triemer R.E., A Color Atlas of Phtosyntetic Euglenoids, Michigan State University Press, 2010)

Genus: Body more or less ovo-cylindrical; rigid with spirally striated pellicle; often with a short posterior spinous projection; stigma sometimes present; discoidal chromatophores (chloroplasts) numerous and marginal; paramylum bodies usually large and ring-shaped, laterally disposed; without pyrenoids; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body ovoidal, both ends rounded, 30-45 μm long, 22-31 μm wide; anterior end slightly depressed, whereby an opening for a canal located (near but not at the center of the apical end); locomotive flagellum long (about twice of the body length); a single paramylon body disc-shaped; pellicle spirally-striated at right hand; stigma large (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
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Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
55 x 45 μm
near Town Hall
Shobu
Saitama, 2004
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
55 x 40 μm
Ranzan
Saitama, 2004
Lepocinclis
L. salina
54 x 39 μm
Saitama, 2001
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
50 x 42 μm
Imou bog
Toyohashi
Aichi, 2004
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
50 x 40 μm
Fujimi
Saitama, 2003
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
48 x 33 μm
Mihashi Park
Saitama, 2002
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
47 x 35 μm
near Mihashi p.
Saitama, 2006
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
47 x 37 μm
Higashi-sano
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
47 x 35 μm
Japan, 1998
Movies
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
45 x 30 μm
Yoshimi athletic p.
Yoshimi
Saitama, 2004
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
44 x 32 μm
near Town Hall
Shobu
Saitama, 2004
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
43 x 31 μm
Japan, 1998
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina, ?
43 x 35 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Lepocinclis
L. salina
or L. fusiformis ?
43 x 28 μm
Sakitama-kofun p.
Gyoda
Saitama, 2004
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
40 x 32 μm
Kasama Park
Ibaraki, 2002
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
39 x 29 μm
Japan, 199?
by H. Yoshino
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
39 x 28 μm
Sakitama-kofun p.
Gyoda
Saitama, 2004
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
39 x 33 μm
Higusa-numa
Hikari
Chiba, 2003
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
36 x 28 μm
Hazama marsh
Ashikaga
Tochigi, 2003
Lepocinclis salina
L. salina
34 x 25 μm
Akigase Park
Saitama, 2002

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