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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Microglena

Microglena Ehrenberg (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Body ovoid to cylindrical; with a firm envelope in the surface of which are embedded many lenticular masses of silica; a single flagellum at anterior end; a reservoir around which 4-8 contractile vacuoles occur; a sheet-like chromatophore; stigma; leucosin; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Microglena ovum Conard (ref. ID; 1618)

Microglena ovum Conard (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

31-38 by 18-25 um. (ref. ID; 1618)