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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Ophrydiidae

 Ophrydium sessile
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Ophrydium Genus: Cell body long, contractile; posterior end pointed or rounded; in gelatinous matrix (Kudo, 1966).
Species:

Ophrydium sessile (or O. crassicaule or O. vernale or O. vernalis ?), cell body 180 μm long, 14 μm wide (at anterior half of the body), L/W=, peristome 25 μm wide, x 640, Japanese Skunk Cabbage marsh, Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, August 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: Japanese Skunk Cabbage marsh, Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, August 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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