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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae

 Thuricola sp.
Kent, 1881

Thuricola Family: Loricate; with or without stalk; body slender, extensible, attached in lorica aborally; macronucleus long (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Lorica attached aborally (no stalk); valve closes obliquely as body retracts (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:

Thuricola, lorica about 115 μm long, 30 μm wide, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Ushidome-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi village, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 28, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Thuricola Thuricola Thuricola

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