what does contracted euglena look like?

Question

Under regular conditions, euglena gracilis is elongated. In some texts i read that euglena gracilis at its resting state would look like a flattened cyclinder...which one is it? Is euglena gracilis supposed to be elongated or a flattened cylinder??? also, what does euglena contracted look like? Is it similar to how euglena encysted looks like? When euglena forms a cyst, must it first be contracted, then form a cyst, which is round?? please help, thank you.

Answer 1

It is sort of an elongated flattened cylinder. It's not really all that regular, so it varies from cell to cell. In cyst form Euglena is rounded, and when it contracts it can look round or just squashed on one end.

I've included a link to pictures of all three types...