Trachelomonas

Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Trachelomonas
Ehrenberg





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).


Trachelomonas (similar to abrupta var. arcuata (Plagf.) Deflandre), lorica 34 μm long, 27 μm wide, no collar, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640



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