image_list image_listE

Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas pulcherrima
Playfair var. pulcherrima

Trachelomonas pulcherrima 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. cylindrica (elongated cylindrical, smooth); T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted); T. lacustris (elongated cylindrical, dotted);

Trachelomonas pulcherrima Playfair, 1915 var. pulcherrima, lorica 22 μm long, 13 μm wide, L/W=1.7, x 640, rice field, Shimo-muneoka, Shiki city, Saitama Pref., Japan, October 24, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas pulcherrima

Please click on images for viewing enlarged.
Copyright Protist Information Server