Family: Loricate; with or without stalk; body slender, extensible, attached in lorica aborally; macronucleus long (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Lorica attached aborally (no stalk), similar to Thuricola but lacks valve (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Lorica is vase-like, upright and attached at the end (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
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Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Pyxicola; Cothurnia; Platycola
V. gigantea
212 μm
Japan, 1999
V. gigantea
176 μm
Saitama, 2001
V. gigantea
lorica 140 μm
Shijuhachi-ike 4
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2007
Vaginicola sp.
μm
Miyashiro
Saitama, 2003
Vaginicola sp.
lorica 220 x 60 μm
Imori pond
Myoko highland
Niigata, 2004
Vaginicola sp.
lorica 212 x 55 μm
Izumo Shrine
Izumo
Shimane, 2006
Vaginicola sp.
lorica 115 x 35 μm
cell 155 x 12 μm
Karakemi marsh
Yasaka
Nagano, 2005
Vaginicola sp.
lorica 120 x 36 μm
cell μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Nagano, 2005