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Euglenophyceae: Sphenomonadales: Petalomonadaceae
Euglenida: Sphenomonadida

Petalomonas bicarinata
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Petalomonas Genus: Only 1 emergent flagellum; locomotory flagellum directed anteriorly, straight, during swimming; colourless, phagotrophic; no eyespot; rigid, solitary, ovoid, usually flat, with several keels; freshwater (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Oval or pyriform; not plastic; pellicle often with straight or spiral furrow; a single flagellum; many species (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 30-35 μm; 2 dorsal, 2 ventral grooves on either side of dorsal and ventral keels (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Similar genus -->> Notosolenus;


Petalomonas bicarinata ?, cell body 30 μm long, 18 μm wide, L/W=1.7, anterior flagellum 24 μm long, sx 640, rice field, Kugedo 2167, Kawagoe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, September 18, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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