Euglenophyceae: Euglenales
Mastigophora: Euglenida
Phacus
longicauda
(Ehrenberg) Dujardin, 1841
Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle
firm
; body form
constant
(Kudo, 1966). Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species
flat and leaf-shaped
; often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Phacus longicauda
, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Phacus longicauda
, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Yuuji Tsukii
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