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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena mutabilis
F. Schmitz 1884

Euglena mutabilis Species: 70-170 μm long, 25-36 μm wide; cell body cylindrical; anterior rounded and posterior tapered; spiral striation; nucleus posterior; flagellum longer than body; stigma about 7 μm in diam., many fusiform chloroplasts aligned with the striae; numerous haematochrome granules; paramylum bodies ovoid (Kudo, 1966).



Euglena mutabilis Schmitz, cell body 95 μm long, 5.5 μm wide, L/W=17.3, x 640, Tanohara marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 19, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Cell body 105 μm long, 6 μm wide, L/W=17.5, x 640
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Euglena mutabilis Schmitz, cell body 98 μm long, 6 μm wide, L/W=16.3, x 640, Tanohara marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 19, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Euglena mutabilis

Euglena mutabilis Schmitz, cell body 103 μm long, 7 μm wide, L/W=14.7, x 640, Tanohara marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 19, 2005 (photo February 2, 2006) by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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