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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena spirogyra-2
Ehrenberg 1838
=Lepocinclis fusca (Klebs) Kosmala et Zakryś 2005 or
=Lepocinclis spirogyroides (Ehrenberg) Marin et Melkonian 2003

Species: 80-125 μm long, 10-35 μm wide; cylindrical; anterior end a little narrowed and rounded; posterior end drawn out; spiral striae, made up of small knobs; many discoid chloroplasts; two ovoidal paramylon (paramylum) bodies; flagellum about 1/4 the body length; sluggish (Kudo, 1966). 80-180 μm long. Several varieties: var. suprema 140-180 μm, var. marchica, 85-165 micron, var. abruptacuminata, 130-145 μm (How to know the protozoa, 1979). 45-250 μm long, 5-35 μm wide (Illustrated guide, 1985). Cell body 70-96 μm long, 10-14 μm wide, two large paramylon bodies ring-shaped (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
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Large and small knobs present
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
12 samples
180 x 30 μm
striae/10 μm
knobs μm
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
165 x 40 μm
striae/10 μm
knobs μm
Fujimi
Saitama, 2003
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
160 x 30 μm
striae/10 μm
Yakebe-ike
Higashi-Murayama
Tokyo, 2006
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
160 x 28 μm
striae/10 μm
knobs μm
Fujimi
Saitama, 2004
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
190 x 30 μm
striae/10 μm
Ko-numa
Minakami
Gunma, 2007
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
160 x 25 μm
striae/10μm
knobs μm
Fujimi
Saitama, 2003
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
150 x 20 μm
3.3 striae/10μm
knobs 1.5 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
143 x 24 μm
3.3 striae/10μm
knobs 1.5 μm
Akigase Park
Saitama, 2002
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
145 x 17 μm
striae/10μm
Okubo Ryoke
Akigase Park
Saitama, 2005
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
150 μm
6 striae/10μm
knobs 1, 1.5 μm
anterior conical
Nishi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
144 x 21 μm
6 striae/10μm
knobs 1, 1.5 μm
Saitama, 1999
Euglena
E. spirogyra
140 x 25-32 μm
175 x 23 μm
knobs μm
Karasu-ga-mori
Nasu-shiobara
Tochigi, 2006
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
140 x 22-28 μm
118 x 15 μm
knobs μm
Mitsumata-numa
Kawagoe etc.
Saitama, 2005
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
μm
striae/10μm
knobs μm
Hazama marsh
Ashikaga
Tochigi, 2003
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
μm
striae/10μm
knobs μm
Mizuko
Fujimi
Saitama, 2003
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
130 x 18 μm
striae/10μm
knobs μm
near Town Hall
Shobu
Saitama, 2003
Euglena spirogyra
E. spirogyra
μm
striae/10μm
knobs μm
Mizuko
Fujimi
Saitama, 2003

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Euglena spirogyra
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