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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 Swirenko, cell body 50 μm long (including cauda), 35 μm wide, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Phacus Phacus Phacus

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