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Lepocinclis (leap-o-sink-liss) an autotrophic euglenid. Most members of this genus are fat elliptical cells and have hyaline ridges of material running spirally over the surface of the cell. Usually with many disc-shaped plastids, and (towards the top of the cell) a large hyaline deposit of paramylon storage material shaped in the form of a flattened quoit. With one flagellum emerging from the anterior pole. Differential interference contrast. This picture was taken by David Patterson and Mark Farmer of material from freshwater sites in the vicinity of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA) in April, 2001 and from collections of organisms maintained at the University. Image copyright: D. J. Patterson and Mark Farmer, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Lepocinclis
From the collection
Athens, Georgia, USA
| Description of Lepocinclis: Euglenid, with plastids, swimming, single emergent flagellum, rigid with longitudinal ridges extending along the cell, stigma present, freshwater; type species: L. globulus Perty |
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