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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida: Euglenina

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 89 μm long, 14 μm wide, two paramylon bodies rod-shaped, one 18 μm long, 4.5 μm wide, another 19 μm long, 4 μm wide, stigma small, 2 μm in diam., x 640, Otto-Numa (pond) Chosei-chi, Tsuchiura city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, July 2002 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena Euglena


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