Euglenophyceae: 
Heteronematales
Euglenida: Heteronematina
Entosiphon sulcatum
(Dujardin) Stein 1878
 
Genus: Oval, flattened; more or less rigid; flagella arise from a cytostome, one trailing; protrusible 
cytopharynx a long conical tubule (siphon) almost reaching posterior end; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).  
 
Species: 
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			Rhabdomonas
Entosiphon sp., 
cell body 28 μm long, 16 μm wide, 5 grooves, 
x 640, Chichibu Muse Park, Chichibu city, Saitama Pref., Japan, Junly 2003 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
A dividing cell, x 640
Entosiphon sulcatum (Dujardin) Stein, 1878: 
About 20 μm long 
(Kudo, 1966; How to know the protozoa, 1979); 
trailing flagellum more than twice the length of anterior one (How to know the protozoa, 1979); 
20-25 μm long, 10-15 
μm wide (Illustrated Guide, 1985); 
Cell body ovoidal with 6-7 longitudinal grooves, 20-30 μm long, 12-18 μm wide; 
anterior flagellum nearly the same as the cell body in length, trailing flagellum about twice of the cell body in length 
(An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000). 
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