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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella campanula
Ehrenberg, 1831

Family: Solitary, gregarious, or colonial; most are aloricate, some form lorica; each zooid has its own, independently contractile myoneme in full length of stalk.
Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Species: Usually in groups; endoplasm filled with refractile reserve granules; vestibule very large with an outer pharyngeal membrane; cell body 50-157 μm long, 35-99 μm wide, peristome 60-125 μm wide (Kudo, 1966). Cell body 80 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
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Vorticella
V. campanula
80 x 45 μm
peristome 75 μm
Saitama, 1999
Vorticella
V. campanula
75 x 49 μm
peristome 69 μm
Japan, 1997
Vorticella
V. campanula
69 x 63 μm
peristome 91 μm
Japan, 1997
Vorticella
V. campanula
78 x 50 μm
peristome 81 μm
Japan, 1997
Vorticella campanula
V. campanula
63 x 40 μm
peristome 60 μm
Tochigi, 2001
Vorticella
V. campanula
μm
peristome μm
Japan, 199?
Vorticella
V. campanula
56 x 30 μm
peristome 48 μm
Japan, 1998
V. campanula
cell μm
Japan, 1998
Vorticella campanula
V. campanula
or V. patellina ?
78 x 72 μm
peristome 112 μm
Kiyose
Tokyo, 2001
Vorticella campanula
V. campanula ?
75 x 51 μm
peristome 78 μm
Ichikawa
Chiba, 2001
Vorticella campanula
V. campanula
67 x 35 μm
peristome 50 μm
Iruma river
Sayama
Saitama, 2004
Vorticella
V. campanula
50 x 38 μm
peristome 50 μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
Vorticella
V. campanula
67 x 35 μm
peristome 52 μm
Ajisai Park
Kodaira
Tokyo, 2006
Vorticella
V. campanula ?
or similar sp. ?
52 x 42 μm
peristome 52 μm
Kenashitai
Hakkoda mountain
Aomori, 2005
Vorticella
V. campanula
ectosymbiont ?
μm
peristome μm
Japan, 1998
Vorticella
V. campanula
μm
peristome μm
Japan, 1997
Vorticella
V. campanula
μm
peristome μm
Japan, 1997
Vorticella
V. campanula
Azure C staining
μm
peristome μm
Japan, 1997

Similar Genus ->> Carchesium
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. d'udekemi (130); V. patellina (90); V. citrina (80); V. marginata (80); V. fornicata (42);


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Vorticella campanula
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