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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, algal endosymbionts present, cell body about μm long, 200 μm wide, L/W=1.5, x 200, x 400, x 640, Hyoutan-ike (gourd pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 17, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: Hyoutan-ike (gourd pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 17, 2007 by Y. Tsukii

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