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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella cylindrica
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Vorticella cylindrica Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 43 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;

Vorticella cylindrica, cell body 90 μm long, 90 μm wide, peristome 120 μm wide, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, a small pond near Shin-Akitsu railway station, Higashi-Murayama city, Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2004 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
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