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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena oxyuris
Schmarda

Euglena oxyuris Species: 150-500 μm long, 20-40 μm wide; cylindrical, almost always twisted; anterior end rounded, posterior end pointed; numerous discoid chloroplasts; two ovoid paramylon (paramylum) bodies; stigma large; sluggish (Kudo, 1966). Body flattened, twisted, with longitudinal groove; two oval paramylon (paramylum) rings (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Similar species -->> tripteris; E. gigas; E. gaumei;


Euglena oxyuris Schmarda, cell body 145 μm long, 23 μm wide, anterior end rounded, two paramylon bodies ring-shaped, a nucleus located between the paramylon bodies, small paramylon bodies many, ring-shaped (or with a hole at their center), stigma large, elliptical, 9 μm long, 7 μm wide, x 400, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena oxyuris Euglena oxyuris Euglena oxyuris

Cell body μm long, μm wide, anterior end rounded, two paramylon bodies ring-shaped, a nucleus located between the paramylon bodies, small paramylon bodies many, ring-shaped (or with a hole at their center), stigma large, elliptical, μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640, wetland, near Town Hall, Shobu town, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 27, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena oxyuris Euglena oxyuris Euglena oxyuris Euglena oxyuris Euglena oxyuris


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