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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, lorica attached aborally, with hair-like projections, μm long, μm diam., cell body attached on a short stalk, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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T. folliculata O.F. Müller, 1786: cell body 130-300 μm long; band-form macronucleus; contractile vacuole anterior (Kojima et al., 1995).

cf.
C. annulata Stokes: Lorica about 55 μm high; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).

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