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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Ophrydiidae

Ophrydium sessile
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Ophrydium Genus: Cell body long, contractile; posterior end pointed or rounded; in gelatinous matrix (Kudo, 1966).
Species:


Ophrydium sessile (or O. crassicaule or O. vernale or O. vernalis ?), cell body 270 μm long, μm wide, a macronucleus long band-form (no constrictions), x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kahan park, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, April 6, 1999, by Y. Tsukii
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O. sessile Kent 1881: Fully extended body up to 300 μm long; colorless or slightly brownish; colony up to 5 x 3 mm; freshwater (Kudo, 1966).

O. vernalis (Stokes): Fully extended body up to 250 μm long; highly contractile; freshwater (Kudo, 1966).

O. ectatum Mast: Fully extended body up to 225-400 μm long; with many chlorellae; colony up to 3 mm in diam.; freshwater (Kudo, 1966).
O. vernale (Stokes): Cell body 250 μm long (Kahl, 1930).

O. versatile O.F. Müller, 1786: Fully extended body up to 300-600 μm long; with many chlorellae; colony up to 10 mm in diam. within gelatinous matrix; macronucleus band-form; contractile vacuole central with a canal connected to cytosotme; freshwater (Kojima et al., 1995).


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