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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Trachelomonas allia
Drezepolski emend. Deflandre, 1926

Trachelomonas Species: Lorica cylindrical, both ends broad circular, 25-34 μm long, 15-19 μm wide, collar absent (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
Similar species -- >> T. klebsii (cylindrical, spiny); T. hispida (ellipsoidal, spiny); T. abrupta (cylindrical/ellipsoidal, dotted); T. lacustris (elongated cylindrical, dotted);

Trachelomonas allia (Drezepolski) Deflandre, collar absent, lorica 35 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=, covered with short spines (up to 2 μm long), collar absent, x 640, a pond near the entrance of climbing route to Omine mountain, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Trachelomonas Trachelomonas

Images of collecting locality: a pond near the entrance of climbing route to Omine mountain, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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