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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas cylindrica
var. Decollata Playfair 1915

Trachelomonas cylindrica 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:
Similar species -->> T. pulcherrima (elongated ellipsoidal, smooth); T. lacustris (elongated cylindrical, dotted); T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted);

Trachelomonas cylindrica var. decollata Playfair 1915, surface of lorica smooth, lorica elongated ellipsoid in shape, 19 μm long, 8.5 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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