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).
Species: Cell body μm long (Kahl, 1930).
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V. minima
27 x 21 μm
peristome 19 μm
Tokyo, 2001
V. minima
21 x 14 μm
peristome 16 μm
Japan, 199?
V. minima
29 x 18 μm
peristome 16 μm
Japan, 199?
V. minima
28 x 17 μm
peristome 15 μm
Kanayama chosei-chi
Kiyose
Tokyo, 2006Similar Genus ->> Scyphidia; Rhabdostyla;
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. ();
