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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella marina
Greeff, 1870

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 60 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;

Vorticella marina, cell body 56 μm long, 32 μm wide, peristome μm wide, x 400, x 640, Japan, 1998 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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