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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella globosa
Ghosh, 1925

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 25 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. sphaerica (30)

Voticella globosa ?, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, Takasaka, Higashi-Matsuyama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 2002 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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