Euglenophyceae
: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Euglena
polymorpha
P.A. Dangeard 1901
Genus:
Species: Cell body broad
fusiform
or
cylindrical
,
65-90
μm long,
22-30
μm wide, posterior slightly tapered, euglenoid movement active; chloroplasts
saucer-shaped
, slightly lobed (or wavy ?), 12-20 in number, a pyrenoid covered with paramylon sheath located at the center; a flagellum twice longer than the cell body; nucleus spherical
15
μm in diam., stigma
5
μm (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000). |
Euglena
(similar to
E. polymorpha
Dangeard, 1901), cell body
118
μm long,
16
μm wide, anterior truncated like
E. deses
, positerior tapered to a long caudal spine like
E. acus
, nucleus located at the center of the cell body, parietal chloroplasts large, disc-shaped,
μm in diam., each containing a pyrenoid at the center, x 400, x 640, Green-Park, Nishi-Urawa, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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