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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena mutabilis
F. Schmitz 1884

Euglena mutabilis Species: 70-170 μm long, 25-36 μm wide; cell body cylindrical; anterior rounded and posterior tapered; spiral striation; nucleus posterior; flagellum longer than body; stigma about 7 μm in diam., many fusiform chloroplasts aligned with the striae; numerous haematochrome granules; paramylum bodies ovoid (Kudo, 1966).



Euglena mutabilis, cell body 120 μm long, 15 μm wide, x 640, near Yanase river, Mizuko, Fujimi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, December 28, 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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