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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae

Pyxicola annulata
Leidy 1882

Pyxicola Genus: Lorica attached aborally by stalk; operculum attached just behind peristomal border (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Body attached posteriorly to a lorica; a discoidal corneous operculum developed beneath border of peristome (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Vaginicola; Cothurnia; Platycola


Pyxicola annulata Leidy, lorica 80 μm long, 31 μm wide, stalk 35 μm long, x 640, Imori pond, Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Pyxicola annulata Leidy, lorica 90 μm long, 30 μm wide, stalk 23 μm long, x 640, Imori pond, Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Pyxicola annulata Pyxicola annulata Pyxicola annulata Pyxicola annulata Pyxicola annulata Pyxicola annulata Pyxicola annulata


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