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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 Ehrenberg, cell body 35 μm long, 21.5 μm wide, peristome 15.5 μm wide, x 640, a small dam at Ichinokawa (river) near Suwa-numa, Minami-yoshimi, Yoshimi town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Vorticella microstoma Vorticella microstoma

Images of collecting locality: A small dam at Ichinokawa (river) near Suwa-numa, Minami-yoshimi, Yoshimi town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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