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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena tripteris
(Dujardin) Klebs, 1883

Euglena tripteris Species: 70-120 μm long, 12-16 μm wide; elongate; three-ridged, rounded anteriorly and drawn out posteriorly; pellicle longitudinally striated; discoid chloroplasts numerous; two rod-shaped paramylon (paramylum) bodies (Kudo, 1966). 90-100 μm long; body twisted, with three longitudinal ridges (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Similar species --> > E. oxyuris; E. gigas


Euglena tripteris (Dujardin) Klebs 1883, cell body 75 μm long, 9 μm wide, x 640, Kijioka Castle Ruin (Shiroyama park), Kodama, Honjo city (formerly Kodama town), Saitama Pref., Japan, April 15, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena tripteris Euglena tripteris

Images of collecting locality: Kijioka Castle Ruin (Shiroyama park), Kodama, Honjo city (formerly Kodama town), Saitama Pref., Japan, April 15, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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