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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella sp.
Linnaeus, 1767

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;

Vorticella sp., cell body transversely striated, 33 μm long, 17 μm wide, L/W=1.9, peristome 17 μm wide, P/W=1.0, x 640, Onnenai, Kushiro marsh, Kushiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 16, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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