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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Ophrydiidae

Ophrydium sessile
Ehrenberg

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 about 170 μm long, 18 μm wide (at anterior half of the body), L/W=, peristome 25 μm wide, x 400, x 640, No.6-1, Mida-ga-hara (bog/marsh), Gassan (mountain), Tsuruoka city (formerly Haguro town) & Shonai town (formerly Tachikawa town), Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Ophrydium Ophrydium Ophrydium

Images of collecting locality: No. 6, Mida-ga-hara (bog/marsh), Gassan (mountain), Tsuruoka city (formerly Haguro town) & Shonai town (formerly Tachikawa town), Yamagata Pref., Japan, August 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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