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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae

Cothurnia sp.
Kent

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:
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Vaginicola; Pyxicola; Platycola


Cothurnia (or Vaginicola ?), cell body μm long, μm wide, lorica 64 μm long, 25 μm wide, two cells in a lorica (on a stalk or no stalk?), no ring-like elevation, x 400, Yamagata Pref., Japan, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
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