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Heterotrichea: Heterotrichida: Stentoridae

Stentor pyriformis
Johnson 1893

Stentor Species: Colorless; with symbiotic Chlorella; 1-2 mm long when extended; macronucleus beaded; anterior end expanded (Kudo, 1966). Elongate, may attain 1-2 mm; peristome wide; macronucleus moniliform; no somatic bristles; colourless but zoochlorellae may be present (Carey, 1992).
Cell body slenderly trumpet shaped, up to 2 mm long when fully extended; macronucleus moniliform (more than 10 connected beads); cortical granules colourless; with symbiotic green algae (Foissner and Wölfl, 1994).


Stentor pyriformis Johnson 1893, with endosymbiotic algae, cell body 220 μm long, 120 μm wide, L/W=1.8, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kenashitai (marsh), Hakkoda mountain, Aomori city, Aomori Pref., Japan, July 17, 2005 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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