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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas pulcherrima
Playfair var. latior Playfair

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


Trachelomonas pulcherrima var. latior ? (similar to T. cylindrica var. decollata), cell body 23 μm long, 13.5 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Block 3, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, September 9, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

Images of collecting locality: Block 3, Kashibaru marsh, Karatsu city, Saga Pref., Japan, September 9, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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