Oligohymenophorea:
Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae
Pyxicola carteri
Kent, 1881
Genus: Lorica attached aborally by stalk; operculum attached just behind peristomal border
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Body attached posteriorly to a lorica; a discoidal corneous operculum developed beneath
border of peristome (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Lorica 70 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
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Similar Genus ->> Thuricola;
Vaginicola;
Cothurnia;
Platycola
Pyxicola carteri Kent or similar species,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
lorica 90 μm long, 33 μm wide, L/W=, stalk 7 μm long, operculum present,
x 640, Junichogata-suigo-koen (pond), Himi city, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 22, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
lorica μm long, μm wide, L/W=, operculum present,
x 100?, x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No. 3, Junichogata-suigo-koen (pond), Himi city, Toyama Pref., Japan, August 22, 2006, by Y. Tsukii
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