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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Paramecium bursaria
Ehrenberg, 1831

Genus: Cigar- or foot-shaped; a single macronucleus and 1 to several vesicular or compact microuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 100-150 μm long, 50-60 μm wide; foot-shaped; green with symbiontic Chlorella; a compact micronucleus; a macronucleus; two contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966). Ovoid, anterior transversely truncated, posterior rounded; 80-150 μm long; oral groove wide; cytoplasm filled with green zoochlorellae; two contractile vacuoles; a single ovoid macronucleus and a micronucleus; caudal cilia present (Carey, 1992).
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Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
114 x 47 μm
Kenashitai
Hakkoda mountain
Aomori, 2005
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
119 x 60 μm
near Dedono-yu
Nishiwaga
Iwate, 2007
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
135 x 72 μm
Mizunashi-Yachi
Komado marsh
Fukushima, 2007
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
μm
Miyatoko m.3
Minami-Aizu
Fukushima, 2008
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
118 x 53 μm
Numa-no-hara m.
Madarao highland
Niigata, 2005
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
103 x 52 μm
Yoshigadaira marsh
Shirane mountain
Gunma, 2005
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
118 x 60 μm
near Omine-numa
Minakami
Gunma, 2006
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
110 x 65 μm
Karasu river
Takasaki
Gunma, 2004
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
120 x 55 μm
Shimo-kawahara p.
Sayama
Saitama, 2005
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
143 x 72 μm
Omachi natural p.
Ichikawa
Chiba, 2006
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
95-110 x 36-50 μm
Japan, 199?
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
120-144 x 69 μm
Japan, 199?
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
123-150 x 53-78 μm
Japan, 199?
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
108 x 55 μm
Shimo-no-koike
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2004
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
135 x 60 μm
near Okubo ike
Shinano
Nagano, 2004
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
107 x 54 μm
Karakemi marsh
Omachi
Nagano, 2006
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
μm
Fujimitashiro
Katashina
Gunma, 2007
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
114 x 58 μm
Lake Tanuki
Fujinomiya
Shizuoka, 2006
Paramecium bursaria
P. bursaria
148 x 72 μm
Sanda
Hyogo, 2001

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Paramecium bursaria
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