Species:
Cell body fusiform (spindle-shaped), posterior tapered into a long cauda,
60-84 μm long, 15-22 μm wide; active euglenoid movement;
9-15 chloroplasts saucer-shaped with a slight wavy margin, each containing
a pyrenoid covered at both sides with paramylon sheath; a flagellum about 2/3 of body length;
nucleus spherical, 12 μm in diam.; stigma (eyespot) 5-6 μm in diam.
(An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).
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31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Euglena caudata ??,
cell body μm long, μm wide,
x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
