Eutreptia Perty 1852

Eutreptiid euglenids, spindle-shaped, with pronounced euglenoid movement; 2 emergent flagella, equal in length and thickness, heterodynamic, both highly mobile during swimming; numerous ribbon-shaped chloroplasts, usually radiating from a paramylon centre (pyrenoid surrounded by a rigid sheath of paramylon grains); eyespot present, flagellar swelling on one flagellum; typically brackish or marine; type species: Eutreptia viridis Perty 1852.

Eutreptia is a genus of Euglenozoa belonging to the family Eutreptiidae.

The genus was first described by Maximilian Perty in 1852.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

Eutreptia globulifera Goor Eutreptia lanowii Steuer Eutreptia papillifera Péterfi Eutreptia pascheri Skvortsov Eutreptia pertyi Pringsheim Eutreptia pyrenoidifera Matvienko Eutreptia scotica Butcher Eutreptia thiophila Skuja Eutreptia viridis Perty