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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Vaginicolidae

Cothurnia oblonga
Stokes

Cothurnia Genus: Lorica attached aborally by stalk; no operculum (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Similar to Vaginicola, but lorica stands on a short stalk; fresh or salt water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Lorica about 50 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Vaginicola; Pyxicola; Platycola


Cothurnia sp. (oblonga ?), lorica 54 μm long, 21 μm wide, x 640, Omiya, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cothurnia Cothurnia Cothurnia Cothurnia Cothurnia

Cothurnia (oblonga ?), lorica μm long, μm wide, x 640, Omiya, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cothurnia Cothurnia


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