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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida

Lepocinclis ovum
(Ehrenberg) Lemmermann, 1901

Lepocinclis Genus: Body more or less ovo-cylindrical; rigid with spirally striated pellicle; often with a short posterior spinous projection; stigma sometimes present; discoidal chromatophores (chloroplasts) numerous and marginal; paramylum bodies usually large and ring-shaped, laterally disposed; without pyrenoids; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Body 20-40 μm long (Kudo, 1966). Ovoid with short anterior process and a longer posterior spine; fresh water (How to know the protozoa, 1979).


Lepocinclis ovum var. buetschlii, cell body 26 μm long, 18 μm wide (including caudal projection, 2 μm long), x 640, Sewage drain, near Shinrin-koen (Musashi Kyuryo National Forest Park), Namegawa town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Lepocinclis ovum Lepocinclis ovum

Images of collecting locality: Drainage ditch, near Shinrin-koen (Musashi Kyuryo National Forest Park), Namegawa town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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