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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

Euglena gaumei

Euglena gaumei Genus: Spindle, cylindrical or band-form; pellicle usually marked by longitudinal or spiral striae; some with a thin pellicle highly plastic; stigma usually anterior; chloroplasts discoid, band-form, or fusiform; two paramylum bodies located on either side of nucleus, rod-like to ovoid in shape or numerous and scattered throughout; contractile vacuole near reservoir; cell division longitudinal (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar species -->> E. oxyuris; E. tripteris


Euglena gaumei ?, cell body 106 μm long, 12 μm wide, x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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Euglena gaumei ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
Euglena gaumei Euglena gaumei

Euglena gaumei ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
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