Species:
Cell body broadly trumpet shaped, up to 700 μm long when fully extended;
macronucleus consists of two (rarely one, three, four or five) isolated beads;
cortical granules colourless; with symbiotic green algae
(Foissner and Wölfl, 1994).
Stentor fuliginosus Forbes 1891, algal endosymbionts present,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, a small pond near Yamakado marsh (Yamakado-Suigen-no-Mori), Nishi-Azai town, Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
A small pond near Yamakado marsh (Yamakado-Suigen-no-Mori), Nishi-Azai town, Shiga Pref., Japan, June 30, 2008, by Y. Tsukii