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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas hispida
Ehrenberg

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. crenulatocollis, lorica 25 μm long, 17 μm wide, covered with short spines, collar present, x 640, Shiro-numa, Tatebayashi city, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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