Species: 85-170 μm long,
10-20 μm wide;
highly plastic; stigma distinct; chloroplasts discoid with pyrenoid;
several small rod-shaped paramylon (paramylum) bodies (Kudo, 1966).
Body flattened, twisted, with longitudinal chloroplasts; flagellum less than 1/4 body length
(How to know the protozoa, 1979). Cell body cylindrical, 90-165 μm long, 9-18μm wide, posterior slightly pointed; chloroplast large disc-shaped, parietal, 30-50 in number, a pyrenoid without paramylon sheath located at the center; a flagellum 1/3 to 1/2 of the body length; nucleus ellipsoidal 14-20 x 8-12 μm; stigma 5-7 μm; paramylon bodies ellipsoidal or rod-shaped (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000). |
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Euglena deses, stock Sfum-91, axenic culture with EM (December 12, 2003 - January 10, 2004),
cell body 115 μm long, 20 μm wide,
x 640, near Yanase river, Mizuko, Fujimi city, Saitama Pref., Japan, December 28, 2003 by Y. Tsukii
