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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 50 μm long, 27 μm wide (excluding outer gelatinous sheath), L/W=1.9, 32 μm wide (including outer gelatinous sheath), L/W=1.6, peristome 44 μm wide, P/W=1.4 (excluding outer gelatinous sheath), x 400, x 640, a small pond at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 13, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Vorticella Vorticella Vorticella
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Vorticella Vorticella Vorticella Vorticella


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