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 50 μm long, 62 μm wide, L/W=0.8,
peristome 82 μm wide, stalk about 400 μm long,
x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Shiba river, near Owada Park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 3, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
100 μm
200 μm
300 μm; x 200 :
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400