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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas volzii
var. cylindracea Playfair 1915

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. cylindracea Playfair 1915 (or T. dubia ?), lorica 37 μm long, 15 μm wide (excluding collar, 3.5 x 3 μm), x 640, Ohnuma (a pond in Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 5, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas volzii Trachelomonas volzii

Images of collecting locality: Ohnuma (a pond in Ohnuma enchi), Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Shiobara town), Tochigi Pref., Japan, May 5, 2006, by Y. Tsukii

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