Species: 80-170 μm long, 25-45 μm wide; posterior bluntly rounded; flagellum about the body length; pellicle striated; chloroplasts elongated, parallel to the striae; haematochrome granules scattered in sun light and gathered in central area in darkness (Kudo, 1966). Body broadly fusiform; 90-120 μm long, 25-35 μm wide; anterior rounded, posterior tapered with a short process; chloroplasts tasselized and forming chromatophore bands, 12-16 in number; flagellum = body length (Photomicrographs of the Freshwater Algae, 1996).

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E. sanguinea 106 x 28 μm Saitama, 1999	E. sanguinea cell μm Saitama, 1999	E. sanguinea 144 x 22 μm Mizumoto park Tokyo, 2001	E. sanguinea 120 x 31 μm Mizumoto park Tokyo, 2001
E. sanguinea 165 x 27 μm Ichikawa Chiba, 2001	E. sanguinea 170 x 22 μm Higashi-sano Hakuba Nagano, 2004	E. sanguinea 120 x 33 μm Iwajuku Gunma, 2001	E. sanguinea 110 x 27 μm Minuma-hikawa P. Saitama, 2002
Euglena sp. 156 μm Tatebayashi Gunma, 2001	E. sanguinea 147 x 32 μm Kawashima or Kawajima Saitama, 2002	E. sanguinea ? 120 x 41 μm Nanbata-shinden Fujimi Saitama, 2004	E. sanguinea ? μm Kashiwa Village m.p. Kashiwa Chiba, 2008

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