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Heterotrichea: Heterotrichida: Stentoridae

Stentor igneus
Ehrenberg

Genus: When extended, trumpet-shaped or cylindrical; highly contractile; some with mucilaginous lorica; conspicuous peristomal field frontal; contractile vacuole anterior-left; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Rose-colored or colorless; 200-400 μm long; macronucleus oval; ciliation uniform (Kudo, 1966).
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
intact cells
213 μm
Japan, 1998
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
flattened cells
μm
Japan, 1998
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
a conjugating pair
Japan, 1998
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
cysts
μm
Japan, 1998
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
152-460 x 60 μm
Shibayama-shigou
Shobu
Saitama, 2005
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
340 x 70 μm
280 x 80 μm
Hakama marsh
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
380 x 70 μm
Hakama marsh
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
x 95 μm
Numa-no-hara
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
x 95 μm
Kurome river
Asaka
Saitama, 2006
Stentor igneus
S. igneus
200 x 105 μm
Kamino-tanbo
Tsugaike highland
Nagano, 2006
xxxx
S. igneus
280 x 100 μm
Mida-ga-hara 5
Gassan (mt)
Yamagata, 2006
Stentor igneus
S. igneus ?
μm
Tango-seki p.1
Chuoh-ku
Chiba, 2008
Stentor igneus
S. igneus ?
μm
Near Omine-numa
Minakami
Gunma, 2008

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Stentor igneus
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