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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

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).
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Euglena gaumei
E. gaumei
113 μm
Japan, 1998
Euglena
E. gaumei
113 x 12 μm
Iwajuku
Gunma, 2001
Euglena gaumei
E. gaumei
106 x 12 μm
Mihashi Park
Saitama, 2002
Euglena oxyuris
E. gaumei
90 x 13 μm
1/2 twist
Iwajuku
Gunma, 2001
Similar species -->> E. oxyuris; E. tripteris

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Euglena gaumei
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