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Euglenida: Euglenales

Trachelomonas playfairi
Deflandre

Trachelomonas playfairi Genus: Euglenas in a close fitting lorica; a single long flagellum extends through small opening; lorica with or without short collar; yellow to brown (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Lorica often possesses numerous spines, composed of ferric hydroxide impregnated with brown manganic compound (Kudo, 1966).
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Trachelomonas playfairi Deflandre (or T. similis Stokes, 1890 ?), lorica 27 μm long (collar 3 μm long), 20 μm wide, posterior rounded, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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