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Euglenophyceae: Sphenomonadales: Petalomonadaceae
Euglenida: Sphenomonadida

Petalomonas sp.
Stein

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:
Similar genus -->> Notosolenus;


Petalomonas sp., cell body 22 μm long, 13 μm wide, x 640, Hazama marsh, Tomita, Ashikaga city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Petalomonas Petalomonas Petalomonas

Images of collecting locality: Hazama marsh, Tomita, Ashikaga city, Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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