image_list image_listE

Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Euglenida

Lepocinclis sp.
Perty 1849 (Mizuno & Takahashi eds. 2000)
Perty 1852 (John et al. eds. 2002)

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:


Lepocinclis sp. ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
xxxx xxxx

cf.
C. moewusii Gerloff: 9-16 μm long, 5-8 μm wide; ellipsoidal to subcylindrical; chloroplast urn-shaped; pyrenoid laterial; stigma present (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright Protist Information Server