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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.
* Plankton
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]
# Plankton
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 Results
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. JGLR 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: Protist
Information Server. [Chlamydocapsa, Monoraphidium,
Planktonema, Selenastrum, Sphaerellopsis]
Additional taxonomic placements based on: European Register
of Marine Species [Hymenomonas]
Additional taxonomic placements based on: Systema
Naturae 2000 [Paraphysomonas, Spiniferomonas]
Additional
taxonomic placements based on: VCR
LTER Biodiversity Database [Coccochloris]
?Additional Taxonomy, uncertain.[Chodatellopsis,
Diplochloris, Echinocoleum, Gloedactinium, Chrysolykos, Isthmochloron,
Sphacelariales] |
Electronic
Key Not Available |
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 |

Woods
Hole
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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. |

Ohio
University
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Additional photos:
GLNPO
- Plankton of the Great Lakes
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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 |

Woods
Hole
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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 |

Ohio
University
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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 |
 
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University
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