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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Vaginicolidae

Thuricola folliculata
(O. F. Müller, 1786), Fromentel-Kent

Thuricola Genus: Lorica attached aborally (no stalk); valve closes obliquely as body retracts (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 160-200 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Pyxicola; Vaginicola; Cothurnia; Platycola


Thuricola folliculata (O. F. Müller) Fromentel-Kent, cell body 190 μm long, 20 μm wide, L/W=, peristome 45 μm wide, stalk about 10 μm long, lorica 180 μm long, 47 μm wide, L/W=, x 400, x 640, brackish water near Seaside Bitanical Garden, Himi city, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 22, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Thuricola Thuricola Thuricola

Images of collecting locality: Brackish water near Seaside Bitanical Garden, Himi city, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 22, 2006, by Y. Tsukii


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