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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas volzii
var. volzii Lemmermann 1906

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:

Trachelomonas volzii var. volzii, lorica 26 μm long (excluding collar), 16 μm wide, L/W=1.6, collar present, 4 μm long, 6 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No.4, Ikenokochi (or Ikenokouchi) marsh, Tsuruga city, Fukui Pref., Japan, September 24, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas volzii Trachelomonas volzii

Images of collecting locality: No.4, Ikenokochi (or Ikenokouchi) marsh, Tsuruga city, Fukui Pref., Japan, September 24, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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