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 Drezepolski var. lacustris (or T. klebsi ?),
lorica 28 μm long, 15 μm wide, L/W=1.9,
short collar present (about 1 μm), flagellum about 60 μm long,
x 640, Sakitama-kofun park (Sakitama tumuli park), Gyoda city, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 17, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640