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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella
Linnaeus, 1767

Family: Solitary, gregarious, or colonial; most are aloricate, some form lorica; each zooid has its own, independently contractile myoneme in full length of stalk.
Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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Peristome wider than cell body
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
120 x 80 μm
peristome 114 μm
Minuma Natural p.
Saitama
Saitama, 2005
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
110 x μm
peristome μm
Hikone
Shiga, 2003
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
110 x 85 μm
peristome 102 μm
Shirakobato water p.
Iwatsuki-ku
Saitama, 2006
Vorticella
V. patellina
7 samples
63-69 μm
peristome 83-106
Japan, 1998-2005
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
69 x 48 μm
peristome 81 μm
Japan, 1997
Vorticella
V. fornicata ?
35 x 31 μm
peristome 46 μm
Japan, 199?
Vorticella
V. campanula
18 samples
56-80 μm
peristome 48-91 μm
1997-2006
Movies
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
50 x 40 μm
peristome 50 μm
stalk long
Saitama, 1999
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
48 x 43 μm
peristome 43 μm
Kurihashi
Saitama, 2001
Vorticella
V. cylindrica
4 samples
44-94 μm
peristome μm
stalk long
2004-2005
Vorticella
V. nebulifera
9 samples
58-75 μm
peristome 39-56 μm
Saitama, 1998-2007
Vorticella
V. convallaria ?
or V. marina ?
2 samples
65 x 42-45 μm
peristome μm
2002-2003
Vorticella
V. convallaria
24 samples
34-80 μm
peristome μm
1997-2005
Movies
Vorticella
V. elongata
3 samples
60 x 20 μm
peristome μm
cell body elongated
Japan, 1998-99
Movies
Vorticella
V. telescopica ?
38 x 15 μm
peristome μm
cell body elongated
Hiroshima, 1998
Vorticella
V. marina ?
3 samples
55-73 μm
peristome μm
anterior constricted
1998-2005
Vorticella
V. pulchra ?
7 samples
39-80 x 27-40 μm
peristome 34-40 μm
anterior constricted
1998-2006
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
2 samples
33-54 x μm
2004-2005
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
4 samples
Yellowish cyto.
55-70 x μm
2001-2008
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
3 samples
43-50 x μm
Yellowish cyto.
2001-2003
Cell surface with special ornaments
Vorticella
V. monilata
or Pseudovorticella ?
2 samples
78-93 μm
peristome μm
surface beaded
with Chlorella
Japan, 2000
Pseudovorticella
V. monilata ?
or Pseudovorticella ?
μm
endosymbiotic algae
Ishinazaka
Furukawa
Miyagi, 2003
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
or Pseudovorticella ?
3 samples
47-67 x μm
2001-2005
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
or Pseudovorticella ?
μm
peristome μm
Tsurugashima
Saitama, 2003
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
4 samples
35-60 x μm
peristome 44-50 μm
2004-2005
Vorticella
V. vestita ?
70 x 52 μm
peristome 56 μm
gelatinous coat ?
Japan, 199?
Vorticella
V. striata
17 samples
22-45 μm
peristome 12-22 μm
striae conspicuous
1999-2006
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
33 x 17 μm
peristome 56 μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
Peristome narrower than cell body
Vorticella
V. anomala
62 x 52 μm
peristome 40 μm
Saitama, 1999
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
73 x 47 μm
peristome 34 μm
Japan, 1998
Voticella
Voticella sp.
μm
peristome μm
Kanazawa
Ishikawa, 2002
Vorticella
V. pyrum
45 x 22 μm
peristome 14 μm
Uruguay, 1999
Vorticella pyrum
V. pyrum
50 x 28 μm
peristome 20 μm
Kami-omino
Kawajima
Saitama, 2006
Vorticella
V. pyrum ?
μm
peristome μm
Kazo
Saitama, 2003
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
50 x 44 μm
peristome 22 μm
stalk very long
Hino
Tokyo, 2004
Vorticella
V. microstoma ?
47 x 31 μm
peristome 19 μm
Koshigaya
Saitama, 2001
Vorticella microstoma
V. microstoma
16 samples
27-57 μm
peristome 16-25 μm
1998-2006
Vorticella
V. globosa
30 x 28 μm
peristome 15 μm
Musashi-Urawa
Saitama, 2001
Voticella
V. globosa
μm
peristome μm
Higashi-Matsuyama
Saitama, 2002
Vorticella minima
V. minima
4 samples
21-29 μm
peristome 16-19 μm
199?-2006
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
7.5 x 5 μm
peristome μm
Japan, 1998

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