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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Phacus ranula
Dujardin

Phacus ranula 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).
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Phacus ranula Pochmann var. ranula, cell body 81 μm long, 42 μm wide, tail 60 μm, flagellum about μm long, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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