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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas intermedia
Dangeard, 1901

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: Lorica broad ellipsoidal, 19-22 μm long, 15-17 μm wide, surface granulated, no collar but periphery of the opening thickened, 4-5 chloroplasts cup-shaped, with a pyrenoid covered by paramylon sheath (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
Lorica spherical or ovoid, slightly narrowed to anterior end, 20-25 μm long, 16-18 μm wide; surface dotted; collar absent but periphery of flagellar opening thickened (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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Trachelomonas
T. intermedia
surface dotted
25 x 20 μm
Jionji-shinsui p.
Iwatsuki-ku
Saitama, 2006
Trachelomonas
T. intermedia
surface dotted
24 x 19 μm
near Yoshino park
Mitsukaido
Ibaraki, 2006
Trachelomonas
T. intermedia
surface dotted
20 x 17 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Trachelomonas
T. intermedia
surface dotted
21 x 18 μm
Nagaike park
Hachioji
Tokyo, 2005
Trachelomonas
T. intermedia
or T. hispida ?
18 x 15 μm
Musashi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
Trachelomonas klebsi
Trachelomonas sp.
μm
Fujimi
Saitama, 2003
Trachelomonas
T. intermedia
21.5 x 18 μm
Jionji-shinsui-koen
Iwatsuki-ku
Saitama, 2006
Trachelomonas
T. intermedia
19 x 16 μm
Oura central p.
Oura
Gunma, 2006
Trachelomonas intermedia
T. intermedia
22 x 16.5 μm
Tane-ike
Togakushi highland
Nagano, 2006
Trachelomonas
T. intermedia
22 x 17 μm
Akasaka-numa
Iwatsuki-ku
Saitama, 2006
Trachelomonas
T. intermedia ?
31 x 27 μm
Kannon-numa
Shimogo
Fukushima, 2008
Simlar species -->> T. granulosa; T. dybowskii;

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