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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Phacus smulkowskianus
(Zakryś) Kusber emend. Zakryś et Karnkowska 2010

Phacus Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle firm; body form constant (Kudo, 1966). Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species flat and leaf-shaped; often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:

Phacus sp. (similar to P. torta, but twisted more than 2), cell body 36 μm long, 16 μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Dai-ich Choseichi biotope, Kashiwa Village Mizube Park, Kashiwa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 11, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Phacus Phacus Phacus Phacus

Images of collecting locality: Dai-ich Choseichi biotope, Kashiwa Village Mizube Park, Kashiwa city, Chiba Pref., Japan, February 11, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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