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Heterotrichea: Heterotrichida: Stentoridae

 Stentor fuliginosus
Forbes 1891

Stentor fuliginosus Species: Cell body 200-300 μm long when fully extended; a single macronucleus and several micronuclei; cortical and cytoplasmic granules yellow-brown or red-orange coloured; with symbiotic green algae (Foissner and Wölfl, 1994).

Stentor fuliginosus Forbes 1891, with endosymbiotic algae, cell body 310 μm long, 150 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, a pond near the entrance of climbing route to Omine mountain, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, x 640
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Images of collecting locality: a pond near the entrance of climbing route to Omine mountain, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, May 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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