Euglena convoluta Korshikov 1941
Euglena convoluta; a species with spindle-shaped cell and many disk-shaped chloroplasts and two kinds of paramylon grains.
 
Euglena convoluta; image demonstrating the euglenoid movement of the cell
 
Euglena convoluta; cell macerated with SDS which dissolves the chloroplasts. Visible are the two kinds of paramylon grains.
 
Samples courtesy of Dr. Martin Kreutz; Litzelstetten.
 
Location: Simmelried near Konstanz, BW, Germany
Habitat: in the boundary layer betwen the water and the anoxic mud (upper 10cm of the mud)
Date: 02.09.2021
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
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protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
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