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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).
Species:

Phacus ranula Pochmann var. ranula, cell body 160 μm long (including tail, 65 μm long), 42 μm wide, L/W=3.8, x 400, x 640, No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Phacus ranula
x 640
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Cell body 153 μm long (including tail, 62 μm long), 40 μm wide, L/W=3.8, x 400, x 640, by Y. Tsukii
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Cell body 157 μm long (including tail, 62 μm long), 43 μm wide, L/W=3.7, x 640, by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: No.1, Iyari marsh, Omachi city, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 4, 2007 by Y. Tsukii

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