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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas hispida
var. coronata Lemmermann

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:
Similar species -- >> T. allia (broad cylindrical, spiny); T. klebsii (cylindrical, spiny); T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted);

Trachelomonas hispida var. coronata Lemmermann, lorica 29 μm long, 21 μm wide, L/W=1.4, collar 1.5 μm long, 5 μm wide, x 640, standing water under Akigase bridge, Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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