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This Euglena was captured among freshwater algae sample at Brunswick Community College, Aquaculture Facility located in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Photographed March 4, 2007.

Some of the following images were enlarged using microscope and settings enabling further enlargement from digital camera.

Euglena
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Another freshwater critter of curiosity I caught dancing around among the algae. Though its green like algae, it moves about on its own. A noticeable feature, was the bright reddish spot...

Sharon wrote: I noticed on your page you have a very similar phytoplankton to the one I found.

But it is not the same species. I want to identify the species. Mine has a red dot on it, which looks like an eye, but I do not believe it is in an eye.

Please can you help me to identify this species?

Thank you, Sharon Mooney

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It's almost certainly a euglenoid.

IF it was flexible in motion (e.g., the cell body itself flexible, not just the flagella), it is almost certainly a member of the genus Euglena.

The red spot is in fact an 'eyespot' - it's a very primitive eye that allows the euglena to detect light -- a big advantage for a mobile photosynthesizer.

Dr. Rochelle Sturtevant
Extension Educator
NOAA
Great Lakes Sea Grant Network
Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab

Heres the same magnified by combination of microscope and camera
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Euglena
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Additional Images of Euglena

  • Euglena, Images / Video, Page One
  • Euglena, Images, Page Two
  • Euglena, Images, Page Three
  • Euglena, Images, Page Four

    Video Files

  • euglena_001.wmv, 7475 k, Euglena, graceful movement of euglena
  • euglena_002.wmv, 2506 k, Euglena, primitive eyespot of euglena
  • euglena_003.wmv, 10585 k, Euglena, head to flagellum (euglena has only one, not flagella for two)
  • euglena_004.wmv, 1428 k, Euglena, short
  • euglena_005.wmv, 2553 k, Euglena, graceful movement of euglena
  • euglena_006.wmv, 5881 k, Euglena, getting close to Euglena. Graceful movement of euglena
  • euglena_007.wmv, 8639 k, Euglena, fine focusing on Euglena. Graceful movement of euglena

    Additional Links

  • Euglena, Protozoan, Phytoplankton, Blog Entry

     

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