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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena caudata
K. Hübner, 1886

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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Euglena
E. caudata
μm
Japan, 199?
Euglena
E. caudata ?
or E. rostrifera ?
106 x 21 μm
Mizumoto Park
Tokyo, 2001
Euglena
E. caudata ?
86 x 14 μm
Mihashi Park
Saitama, 2002
Euglena
E. caudata ?
65 x 13 μm
Mihashi Park
Saitama, 2002
Euglena
E. caudata ?
60 x 17 μm
Entsu-ji
Kawashima
or Kawajima
Saitama, 2002
Euglena
E. caudata
55 x 11 μm
Tatebayashi
Gunma, 2001
Euglena caudata
E. caudata ?
46 x 8.5 μm
Iwajuku
Gunma, 2001
Euglena
E. caudata ?
μm
Naruto
Chiba, 2003
Euglena caudata
E. caudata ?
μm
Motono
Chiba, 2003
Euglena
E. caudata ?
78 x 20 μm
Osato
Saitama, 2004
Euglena
E. caudata ?
50-65 x 12-13 μm
Kami-muneoka
Shiki
Saitama, 2004
Euglena
E. caudata ?
50 x 12 μm
Torinome Kasen p.
Kuroiso
Tochigi, 2004
Euglena
E. caudata ?
55 x 12 μm
Omotsubo marsh
Tetta-cho
Okayama, 2004
Euglena
E. caudata ?
or E. viridis ?
33 x 8 μm
Saitama, 1999
Euglena caudata
E. caudata ?
75 x 10 μm
Shiba river
near Owada p.
Saitama, 2005
Euglena
E. caudata ?
76 x 13 μm
Nanbata castle p.
Fujimi
Saitama, 2005
Euglena caudata
E. caudata ?
72 x 18 μm
Shide-numa
Kita-kawabe
Saitama, 2005
Euglena
E. caudata ?
60 x 18 μm
near Akai wetland
Aizuwakamatsu
Fukushima, 2005

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Euglena caudata
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