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Description:

Euglena oxyuris (you-glean-a ox-ee-your-is), is a moderate to large euglena, with a stiff pellicle that has well developed ridges, and often - as we can see here - with a fold in the cell. Flagella can be short. Although it can squirm it is not very actively metabolic. With large numbers of small plastids. This image shows, one large -link-shaped element of paramylon, the pellicular ridges around the edge of the cell to the right, and the nucleus. Differential interference contrast.