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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas sp.
Ehrenberg

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 sp. ??, cell body 61 μm long (including collar, collar about 10 μm long), 42 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, a small pond at Kowashimizu, Suwa city, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 21, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

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