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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella microstoma
Ehrenberg, 1830

Vorticella microstoma Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 30-80 μm long; small peristome (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Similar Genus ->> Carchesium

Vorticella microstoma (or V. minima ?), cell body 40 μm long, 24 μm wide, peristome 16 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, October 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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