Euglenophyta: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Trachelomonas armata
var. longispina (Playfair) Deflandre
Syn.: Trachelomonas armata (Ehrenberg) Stein var. planktonica Skvortzow
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).
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Trachelomonas armata var. longispina, x 400, x 640, Aug. 7-13 1999, Vermont-Maine U.S.A., by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas armata var. longispina (Playfair) Deflandre:
Lorica ellipsoid, no collar, covered with short dented projections, long spiny projections
(3-6 μm long) at posterior end,
size 41-44 μm long,
32-34 μm wide
(Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
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