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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 similar to T. hexangulata ?, lorica 25 μm long (excluding collar), 16 μm wide, L/W=1.6, collar about 3 μm long, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

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