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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella sp.
Fromentel, 1874

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:
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Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
55 x 27 μm
peristome 36 μm
anterior constricted ?
Fukuoka, 2001
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
70 x 28 μm
Yellowish cyto.
Sakado
Saitama, 2004
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
60 x 28 μm
Yellowish cyto.
Ogose town
Saitama, 2003


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