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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Phacus inflatus
Playfair var. pterophora Skuja

Phacus inflatus Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle firm; body form constant (Kudo, 1966). Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species flat and leaf-shaped; often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:

Phacus inflatus Playfair var. pterophora Skuja, cell body 50 μm long, 36 μm wide, two large and many small paramylon bodies, x 400, x 640, near Ukima Park, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cell body slightly flattened, three ? paramylon bodies present,
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