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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella patellina
O. F. Müller, 1777

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 90 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Carchesium
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. d'udekemi (130); V. campanula (80); V. citrina (80); V. marginata (80); V. fornicata (42);

Vorticella patellina ?, cell body 63 μm long, 59 μm wide, peristome very large 94 μm wide, x 200, x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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