Oligohymenophorea:
Peritrichia: Sessilida: Ophrydiidae
Ophrydium sessile
Ehrenberg
Genus: Cell body long, contractile; posterior end pointed or rounded;
in gelatinous matrix (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
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Ophrydium sessile (or O. crassicaule or O. vernale or O. vernalis ?),
cell body 180 μm long, 14 μm wide (at anterior half of the body), L/W=,
peristome 25 μm wide,
x 640, Japanese Skunk Cabbage marsh, Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, August 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
Images of collecting locality:
Japanese Skunk Cabbage marsh, Tsugaike highland (Tsugaike Natural Park), Otari village, Nagano Pref., Japan, August 11, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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