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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae

 Cothurnia sp.
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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:
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Vaginicola; Pyxicola; Platycola

Cothurnia sp., cell body 50 μm long, 15 μm wide, constriction at middle of the body with a ring of elevation, lorica 45 μm long, 23 μm wide, with very short stalk and two rings of elevation at anterior half, x 400, x 640, Japan, December 1998 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
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