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Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida: Euglenina
Euglena
oxyuris
Schmarda
Revised as
Lepocinclis
oxyuris
(Marin, B. et al., Protist
154
: 99-145, 2003)
Species:
150-500
μm long,
20-40
μm wide; cylindrical,
almost always twisted
; anterior end rounded, posterior end
pointed
; numerous discoid chloroplasts; two
ovoid
paramylon (paramylum) bodies;
stigma
large; sluggish (Kudo, 1966). Body flattened, twisted, with longitudinal groove; two oval
paramylon
(paramylum)
rings
(How to know the protozoa, 1979). Anterior end rounded compared to that of
E. tripteris
.
Euglena oxyuris
Schmarda ??, cell body
μm long,
μm wide, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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