Species: 45-100 μm long, 30-70 μm wide; short posterior prolongation slightly curved; a prominent ridge on the convex side; longitudinally striated; one ? circular paramylon (paramylum) body near center; flagellum as long as cell body (Kudo, 1966). Cell body nearly spherical at dorsal view; anterior end separated into two spherical projections; cauda strongly curved; dorsal ridge short or absent (cf. dorsal ridge present P. triqueter); cell body 40-80 μm long, 30-50 μm wide; two ? paramylon bodies disc-shaped; striae straight (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000). |
Phacus pleuronectes ?,
cell body 53 μm long (tail 10 μm), 33 μm wide,
x 640, Kijioka Castle Ruin, Kodama town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2003 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Phacus pleuronectes (O.F. Müller) Dujardin 1841,
cell body 50 μm long (including tail), 30 μm wide,
x 640, Kijioka Castle Ruin, Kodama town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2003 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640