Species: Cell body long spindle-shaped, 60-78 μm long, 10-12 μm wide, anterior attenuated, posterior tapered into a caudal projection; euglenoid movement inactive; many chloroplasts small disc-shaped without pyrenoids; locomotive flagellum about 1/2 body length; nucleus ellipsoidal, 8 x 5 μm in diam.; two types of paramylon bodies, one small bar-shaped, another 2 ring-shaped ones at both sides of the nucleus (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).

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E. limnophila 86 x 10 μm near Town Hall Shobu Saitama, 2004	E. limnophila 78 x 12 μm Nishi-Urawa Saitama, 2001	E. limnophila 71 x 13 μm Mihashi Park Saitama, 2002	E. limnophila ? 128 x 19 μm Japan, 199?
E. limnophila ? 115 μm Vermont-Maine USA, 1999

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