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Colored Flagellates –
Archaeplastida (Part), Cryptista (Part), Discoba (Part), SAR-Stramenopiles (Part), SAR-Alveolates (Part)

Observations on Lepocinclis hispidula

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Lepocinclis hispidula (Eichwald) Daday, 1905

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Euglena hispidula Eichwald 1847

Add’l Synonyms: Chloropeltis hispidula (Eichwald) F.Stein ex Kent 1881
                               Phacus hispidulus (Eichwald) Klebs 1883
                               Phacus hispidulus var. steinii Lemmermann 1910
                               Phacus suecicus var. latus Y.V.Roll 1925
                               Phacus hispidulus var. latus (Y.V.Roll) Deflandre 1932
                               Phacus hispidulus f. glabrus Deflandre 1932
                               Phacus horridus Pochmann 1942
                               Phacus hystrix Pochmann 1942
                               Phacus latus (Y.V.Roll) Pochmann 1942
                               Phacus glaber Pochmann 1942
                               Phacus papillaris Stawiński 1969
                               Lepocinclis horrida (Pochmann) M.S.Bennett & R.E.Triemer 2012

Sampling date 08/2026. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Three images: synoptic representation of the pellicle and to optical cross-sections showing chloroplasts, eye spot, sickle-shaped paramylon bodies and the nucleus.

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Place name: Pond of the waste disposal company Constance (Germany)
Latitude: 47.676948     Longitude: 9.143798     Elevation: 397 m

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D E-M5 MKII. DOF images.

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