Euglenophyceae
: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Euglena
caudata
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). |
Euglena caudata
, cell body
65
μm long,
13
μm wide, pellicle finely striated, chloroplasts saucer-shaped, x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Euglena caudata
??, cell body
μm long,
μm wide, x 640, Shukei-ike (pond), Mihashi Park, Saitama city (Omiya), Saitama Pref., Japan, October 2002 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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