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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Phacus longicauda
(Ehrenberg) Dujardin 1841

Phacus longicauda Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle firm; body form constant (Kudo, 1966). Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species flat and leaf-shaped; often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 120-170 μm long, 45-70 μm wide; usually slightly twisted; a long caudal prolongation; flagellum about 1/2 body length; stigma prominent; a discoidal paramylon (paramylum) body central; pellicle longitudinally striated (Kudo, 1966).
var. longicauda: cell body 85-170 μm long, 45-70 μm wide; locomotive flagellum shorter than the cell body; a single paramylon body ring shaped (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).


Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin 1841, cell body 100 μm long (including tail, 45 μm), 38 μm wide, x 640, a water reservoir (pond) near Yamaguchi university, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Pref., November 21, 2004, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Phacus longicauda Phacus longicauda
Cell body 98 μm long (including tail, 50 μm), 36 μm wide, x 640
Phacus longicauda Phacus longicauda


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