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Euglenophyceae: Heteronematales: Astasiidae

 Urceolus cyclostomus
(Stein) Mereschkowski (or Mereschkowsky) (Algaebase)

Urceolus Genus: Body colorless; plastic; flask-shaped; striated; a funnel-like neck; posterior region stout; a single flagellum protruded from funnel and reaches inward the posterior third of body (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 25-50 μm long; fresh water (Kudo, 1960; How to know the protozoa, 1979).

Urceolus cyclostomus Stein, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Senjo-ga-hara (marsh), Nikko city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, September 2003 by Y. Tsukii
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