Sighting 3369803
A single-celled flagellate Eukaryotes at Kowen, ACT
Identification history
| Euglena sp. | 2 Feb 2017 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Euglena sp. | 11 Jan 2017 | KenT |
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User's notes
In water sample squeezed from vegetation at edge of pond. Cell length was 272 µm and maximum width was 24 µm. Cells in the background appear to be yeasts, some of which can be seen to be reproducing by budding.
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
3 Feb 2017
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium said "Euglena species; you can put names on these by comparing the shape of the starch granules."
Location information
- Coordinates 149.358500-35.324528
- Maps Kowen Woodland
- Places Kowen, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2016 11:06 AM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
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Collections
Algae, Cyanobacteria, other bacteria and viruses KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Euglena sp. Scientific name
- A single-celled flagellate Eukaryotes Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
