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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella microstoma
Ehrenberg, 1830

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: Cell body μm long (Kahl, 1930).
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Vorticella
V. microstoma ?
57 x 35 μm
peristome 20 μm
river bank
Sakado
Saitama, 2005
Vorticella microstoma
V. microstoma ?
55 x 30 μm
peristome 21 μm
Omoi river
Oyama
Tochigi, 2004
Vorticella
V. microstoma
51 x 35 μm
peristome ? μm
Ichinose-enchi
Norikura highland
Nagano, 2005
Vorticella microstoma
V. microstoma
50 x 32 μm
peristome 18 μm
Watarase river
Ashikaga
Tochigi, 2004
Vorticella
V. microstoma
45-57 x 33-40 μm
peristome 22-25 μm
near Shirakobato w.p.
Iwatsuki-ku
Saitama, 2006
Vorticella
V. microstoma
47 x 32 μm
peristome 24 μm
near Michi-no-Oasis
Shobu
Saitama, 2004
Vorticella microstoma
V. microstoma
42 x 25 μm
peristome μm
Kazo
Saitama, 2003
Vorticella microstoma
V. microstoma
42 x 28 μm
peristome 21 μm
Iruma river
Sayama
Saitama, 2004
Vorticella
V. microstoma
40 x 24 μm
peristome 16 μm
Hiroshima, 1998
Vorticella
V. microstoma
40 x 25 μm
peristome μm
Furu-tone river
Kasukabe
Saitama, 2004
Vorticella
V. microstoma
40 x 24 μm
peristome 20 μm
Shimo-nanbata
Fujimi
Saitama, 2006
Vorticella microstoma
V. microstoma
35 x 21.5 μm
peristome 15.5 μm
Ichinokawa
Yoshimi
Saitama, 2006
Vorticella
V. microstoma
34 x 24 μm
peristome 20 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Vorticella
V. microstoma
32 x 20 μm
peristome 15 μm
Shiken-zaike
Kamikawa
Saitama, 2004
Vorticella
V. microstoma
or Rhabdostyla ?
31 x 23 μm
peristome 17 μm
Japan, 1998
Vorticella
V. microstoma
27 x 20 μm
peristome 16 μm
Uruguay, 1999

Similar Genus ->> Carchesium
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. ();


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Vorticella microstoma
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