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Scientific Name: Phacus circumflexus Pochmann, 1942
Phytoplankton : Phacus circumflexus

Photo: zanethebrain (iNaturalist)

Classification:
Kingdom: Protozoa
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Euglenoidea
Order: Euglenida
Family: Phacaceae
Description:
This species is identified by cells that are semi-rigid to rigid, often laterally compressed, predominantly leaf-shaped, and occasionally twisted. They contain numerous chloroplasts that are uniform in shape (small, disc-shaped, located along the cell wall, and lacking pyrenoids).
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Mostly found in organotrophic freshwater waterbodies.
Environment:
Freshwater
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Other Information