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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 O. F. Müller (or V. convallaria Linnaeus ?), cell body 85 μm long, 35 μm wide, L/W=2.4, peristome 50 μm wide, x 640, Kumakubo, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, December, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Vorticella Vorticella


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