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
?, 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
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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
?, 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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