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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida

 Euglena granulata
(Klebs) Schmitz, 1884

Euglena granulata Species: Cell body fusiform (spindle-shaped), 62-95 μm long, 18-24 μm wide, euglenoid movement active; chloroplasts saucer-shaped, slightly lobed (or wavy ?), 8-14 in number, a prenoid covered with paramylon sheath located at the center; a flagellum nearly equal to or slightly longer than the cell body; nucleus spherical 8-10 μm in diam.; stigma 5 μm; many small granules present within cytoplasm (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).

Euglena granulata ? or similar species, cell body 94 μm long, 15 μm wide, pellicle finely striated, anterior rounded, posterior pointed, a nucleus located at the center of the cell body, parietal chloroplasts saucer-shaped, μm in diam., each containing a pyrenoid covered with a paramylon sheath, located at the center, x 640, near Ukima Park, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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