Species: 198-360 μm long,
20-40 μm wide;
long cylindrical, somewhat flattened and slightly-twisted;
anterior end rounded, posterior end pointed;
numerous discoid chloroplasts; many rod-shaped paramylon (paramylum) bodies;
no pyrenoids; nucleus big, cylindrical, lying in the center;
stigma large (Zakrys, 1986).
Euglena gigas,
cell body 360 μm long, 48 μm wide, L/W=7.5,
x 200, x 400, x 640, Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, July 10, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Ref:
Drezepolski (1925) Kosmos, 50: 243.
Zakrys, B. (1986) Contribution to the monograph of Polish members of the genus Euglena Ehrenberg 1830,
Nova Hedwigia, 42: 491-540.