Euglena oxyuris
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Olympusman
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Euglena oxyuris
Euglena oxyuris is a relatively large Euglenoid, measuring 140 to 150 microns. I have never seen one swimming. In every sample I have found them in they are still, but appear to be otherwise healthy.
Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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Re: Euglena oxyuris
They seem to be incapable of metaboly, and don't generate a lot of forward movement with that single flagellum.Olympusman wrote:I have never seen one swimming.
The stiffness is typical of the genus Lepocinclis, to which this species has been moved.