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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella nebulifera
O. F. Müller, 1786

Vorticella nebulifera Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Carchesium

Vorticella nebulifera (or V. convallaria ?), cell body 58 μm long, 23 μm wide, peristome 39 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Omiya, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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