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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas granulosa
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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: Lorica broad ellipsoidal, 17-26 μm long, 13-22 μm wide; collar absent or short cylindrical; surface granulated (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Trachelomonas sp., lorica 39 μm long, 20 μm wide, lorica covered with very short spines or granules, colloar nearly indistinguishable, x 640, Green-Park, Nishi-Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. 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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