Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832), Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 71, pl. I: fig. IV [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Schlesien

Playfair, G. (1921), Australian freshwater flagellates. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46: 117 [basionym]

basionym of: Euglena viridis var. sanguinea (Ehrenb.) Playfair legitimate

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995), Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia: - [secondary reference]

Whitton, B.A., John, D.M., Johnson, L.R., Boulton, P.N.G., Kelly, M.R. & Haworth, E.Y. (1999), A Coded List of Freshwater Algae of the British Isles: - [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Euglena viridis var. sanguinea (Ehrenb.) Playfair legitimate taxonomic synonym: Euglena rubra A.D.Hardy legitimate

• APC Comment: T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
• Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Northern Territory

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