Euglenophyceae:
Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Euglena oxyuris
Schmarda
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).
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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
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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