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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella minima

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


Vorticella minima (=V. striata), cell body 27 μm long, 21 μm wide, peristome 19 μm wide, x 640, Shinobazu-ike (pond), Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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