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Great Lakes Euglenoid Species List

Class Euglenophyceae - Order Euglenales - Family Euglenaceae

  • Genus Colacium
    • Colacium arbuscula
    • Colacium vesiculosum
  • Genus Euglena *
    • Euglena acus H
    • Euglena convoluta
    • Euglena deses
    • Euglena ehrenbergii
    • Euglena elastica
    • Euglena elongata
    • Euglena gracilis
    • Euglena minuta
    • Euglena oxyuris
    • Euglena polymorpha
    • Euglena proxima
    • Euglena sanguinea
    • Euglena spirogyra
    • Euglena tripteris
  • Genus Lepocinclis H
    • Lepocinclis acuta
    • Lepocinclis fusiformis
    • Lepocinclis glabra
    • Lepocinclis ovum
    • Lepocinclis playfairiana
    • Lepocinclis sphagnophila
  • Genus Phacus *#
    • Phacus acuminatus
    • Phacus alatus
    • Phacus anacoelus
    • Phacus asymmetrica
    • Phacus birgei
    • Phacus crenulata
    • Phacus chloroplastes
    • Phacus helikoides
    • Phacus lemmermannii
    • Phacus longicauda
    • Phacus nordstedtii
    • Phacus orbicularis
    • Phacus pleuronectes
    • Phacus pseudoswirenkoi
    • Phacus pyrum
    • Phacus segretii
    • Phacus spirogyra
    • Phacus suecicus
    • Phacus swirenkoi
    • Phacus tortus
    • Phacus triqueter
  • Genus Trachelomonas *
    • Trachelomonas abrupta
    • Trachelomonas acanthostoma
    • Trachelomonas aculeata
    • Trachelomonas armata
    • Trachelomonas bulla
    • Trachelomonas charkowiensis
    • Trachelomonas crebea
    • Trachelomonas cylindrica
    • Trachelomonas dubia
    • Trachelomonas dybowskii
    • Trachelomonas erecta
    • Trachelomonas euchlora
    • Trachelomonas giardiana
    • Trachelomonas granulosa
    • Trachelomonas hexangulata
    • Trachelomonas hispida
    • Trachelomonas horrida
    • Trachelomonas intermedia
    • Trachelomonas kelloggii
    • Trachelomonas lacustris
    • Trachelomonas mammillosa
    • Trachelomonas playfairii
    • Trachelomonas pulchella
    • Trachelomonas pulcherrima H
    • Trachelomonas robusta
    • Trachelomonas rotunda
    • Trachelomonas scabra
    • Trachelomonas similis
    • Trachelomonas speciosa
    • Trachelomonas spectabilis
    • Trachelomonas superba
    • Trachelomonas sydneyensis
    • Trachelomonas triangularis
    • Trachelomonas varians
    • Trachelomonas volvocina#H

 

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Based on: G.W. Prescott. 1962. Algae of the Western Great Lakes Area. Wm. C. Brown Co., Inc.

*Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA sitePlankton in Lake Michigan 1983 - 1992 . EPA/GLNPO. Epilimnetic Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Biomass and Species Composition in Lake Michigan, 1983 to 1992. Joseph C. Makarewicz, Theodore Lewis and Paul Bertram. October 1994. [Reports Stylotheca aurea - Other references to this species of Chrysophyte cannot be found so this species is not included in the above list]

#Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA sitePlankton in Lake Ontario 1986 - 1992. EPA/GLNPO. Epilimnetic Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Biomass and Species Composition in Lake Ontario, 1986 to 1992. Joseph C. Makarewicz, Theodore Lewis1 and Paul Bertram. July 1995.

E Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species List.

Ds Dm Dh De Do - Dominant algae species of each Lake - Per Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteResults From The Great Lakes National Program Office's Biological Open Water Surveillance Program Of The Laurentian Great Lakes for 1998. EPA.

H Brown and Manny. 1983. Nearshore Plankton of Hammond Bay, Lake Huron. Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteJGLR 9(4)523-529.

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Prescott. 1970. how to know the Freshwater Algae. Wm. C. Brown Co. [Ankyra, Chlorogonium, Lobomonas, Phacotus, Pyramidomonas, Sphaerellocystis, Bitrichia, Chromulina, Chrysarachnion, Chrysochromulina, Chrysococcus, Epipyxis, Kephyrion, Monosiga, Ochromonas, Pseudokephyrion, Salpingoeca, Stichogloea, Uroglena, Chilomonas, Rhodomonas, Amphidinium, Enteromorpha, Nitellopsis]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteProtist Information Server. [Chlamydocapsa, Monoraphidium, Planktonema, Selenastrum, Sphaerellopsis]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: European Register of Marine Species [Hymenomonas]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteSystema Naturae 2000 [Paraphysomonas, Spiniferomonas]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteVCR LTER Biodiversity Database [Coccochloris]

?Additional Taxonomy, uncertain.[Chodatellopsis, Diplochloris, Echinocoleum, Gloedactinium, Chrysolykos, Isthmochloron, Sphacelariales]

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Electronic Key Not Available

 

Great Lakes Euglenoids

Colacium sp.

Colacium

E. gracilis

Euglena

Phacus sp.

Phacus

Lepcinclis sp.

Lepocinclis

Trachelomonas sp.

Trachelomonas

Division Euglenophyta (euglenoids)

Order Euglenales

Family Euglenaceae

Colacium spp.

Profile: attached (flagellum lost), may form a branching colony. cell length to 30um.

2 Great Lakes Species: Colacium arbuscula, Colacium vesiculosum

Colacium sp.

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteWoods Hole

Euglena spp.

Profile: 1 flagellum, usually elongate and flexible.

14 Great Lakes Species: E. acus, E. convoluta, E. deses, E. ehrenbergii, E. elastica, E. elongata, E. gracilis, E. minuta, E. oxyuris, E. polymorpha, E. proxima, E. sanguinea, E. spirogyra, E. tripteris

~60 US spp.

E. gracilis

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteOhio University

Additional photos:

Globe icon indicates a link to a non-NOAA siteGLNPO - Plankton of the Great Lakes

Lepocinclis spp.

Profile: 1 flagellum, rigid with longitudinal ridges.

6 Great Lakes Species: L. acuta, L. fusiformis, L. glabra, L. ovum, L. playfairiana, L. sphagnophila

Lepcinclis sp.

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteWoods Hole

Phacus spp.

Profile: 1 flagellum, rigid flattened cells, may have longitudinal stripes, often with a posterior spine

21 Great Lakes Species: P. acuminatus, P. alatus, P. anacoelus, P. asymmetrica, P. birgei, P. crenulata, P. chloroplastes, P. helikoides, P. lemmermannii, P. longicauda, P. nordstedtii, P. orbicularis, P. pleuronectes, P. pseudoswirenkoi, P. pyrum, P. segretii, P. spirogyra, P. suecicus, P. swirenkoi, P. tortus, P. triqueter

Phacus sp.

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteOhio University

Trachelomonas spp.

Profile: envelope with a neck or collar around the single flagellum.

35 Great Lakes Species: T. abrupta, T. acanthostoma, T. aculeata, T. armata, T. bulla, T. charkowiensis, T. crebea, T. cylindrica, T. dubia, T. dybowskii, T. erecta, T. euchlora, T. giardiana, T. granulosa, T. hexangulata, T. hispida, T. horrida, T. intermedia, T. kelloggii, T. lacustris, T. mammillosa, T. playfairii, T. pulchella, T. pulcherrima, T. robusta, T. rotunda, T. scabra, T. similis, T. speciosa, T. spectabilis, T. superba, T. sydneyensis, T. triangularis, T. varians, T. volvocina

Several hundred spp. worldwide. Usually found in very shallow water

Trachelomonas sp.Trachelomonas sp.

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteOhio University

 

Euglenoid Links

Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteIntroduction to the Euglenoids

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