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Description :

Euglenopsis zabra Norris, 1961. Cells colourless, cylindrical, usually with a more or less pointed posterior end. A wide shallow groove extending only a short distance is present at the anterior end of the cell. A single flagellum approximately as long as the cell emerged from the center of the groove. The flagellar pocket is small and very difficult to see. Striations are not evident on the periplast. The protoplast contained a large number of small granules and one very large golden granule that was probably an ingested food body. The nucleus is near the base of the flagellar pocket. The cells are only slightly metabolic and swim slowly, rotating and with the flagellum directed forward. Length of cell 18 to 23. microns, width 5 to 10 microns