Species:
Lorica elongated cylindrical, covered with dots
(var. lacustris dots present hole lorica, 25-30 x 12-15 μm, var. ovalis dots restricted at
both ends, 22 x 12 μm)
(An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000)
Similar species -->>T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted);
T. klebsii (cylindrical, spiny);
T. cylindrica (elongated cylindrical, smooth);
T. pulcherrima (elongated ellipsoidal, smooth);
Trachelomonas lacustris var. ovalis Drezeplski emend. Deflandre
(or T. pulcerrima var. latior Playfair 1915 ?),
lorica 24 μm long, 12.5 μm wide,
x 640, a water reservoir (pond) near Yamaguchi university, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Pref., November 21, 2004, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640