New records of Euglenophyceae for Bangladesh

Abstract

A total of 8 species of Euglenophyceae where 5 species of Euglena namely, Euglena lucens Günther, E. paludosa Mainx., E. gaumei Allorge & Lefèvre , E. heimii Lef., E. mangini Lefévre, and 3 species of Lepocinclis namely, Lepocinclis ovum var. deflandriana (Ehrenberg) Lemmermann, L. ovum var. globulus ( Perty) Lemmermann and L. steinii Lemmermann from Sylhet Division which are all new records for Bangladesh.
 Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 11-15, 2021 (June)

New records of euglenoid algae from Surma river in Bangladesh

“…The occurrence of Euglenoid algae are very common in different aquatic habitats of Bangladesh (Alfasane et al, 2010(Alfasane et al, , 2021aGani et al, 2012;Alfasane and Khondker, 2007;Khondker and Alfasane, 2005;Islam and Alfasane 2002, 2003, 2004Islam and Muniruzzaman, 1981). In a recent study on the algae of Surma river in Sylhet, a good number of samples showed the presence of euglenoid algae in this river.…”