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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Vaginicolidae

 Cothurnia oblonga

Cothurnia Genus: Lorica attached aborally by stalk; no operculum (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Similar to Vaginicola, but lorica stands on a short stalk; fresh or salt water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Lorica about 50 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Vaginicola; Pyxicola; Platycola

Cothurnia oblonga Stokes, lorica 50 μm long, 23 μm wide, cell body 65 μm long, 10 μm wide, peristome 19 μm wide, x 640, a small pond at Kusatsu Onsen bus terminal, Kusatsu town, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 5, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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