Red eye animal
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Red eye animal ( Euglena sanguinea ) |
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Euglena sanguinea | ||||||||||||
Ehrenberg , 1830 |
The red eye animal ( Euglena sanguinea ) is a species of the protists from the genus of the eye animals ( Euglena ). It occurs in clean standing water.
features
Euglena sanguinea is 55 to 170 microns long. The cells are highly metabolic and spindle-shaped to almost cylindrical. There are chloroplasts -Scheibchen present. The scourge is twice as long as the body. The eye spot is large. The membrane has rows of cusps running in a spiral. The species appears red in color due to hematochrome granules .
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2
Web links
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