A new member of the Eugleninele, Protoeuglena noctilucae Gen. et sp. Nov., occurring in Noctiluca miliaris Suriray, causing green discoloration of the sea off Calicut
The presence of small green flagellates inside Noctiluca appears to have been first recorded by Weber and Weber-van Bosse (1890) who, however, did not observe the living material