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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas armata
(Ehrenberg) Stein var. armata

Trachelomonas Genus: Euglenas in a close fitting lorica; a single long flagellum extends through small opening; lorica with or without short collar; yellow to brown (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Lorica often possesses numerous spines, composed of ferric hydroxide impregnated with brown manganic compound (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 30-60 μm long, Spines around rim of collar, also on rear 1/4 of lorica, fresh water (How to know the protozoa, 1979).


Trachelomonas armata (Ehrenberg) Stein var. armata, lorica 36 μm long (excluding spines), 28 μm wide, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Trachelomonas armata (Ehrenberg) Stein var. armata, lorica 38 μm long, 28 μm wide, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas armata Trachelomonas armata


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