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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella patellina
O. F. Müller, 1777

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 90 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Carchesium
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. d'udekemi (130); V. campanula (80); V. citrina (80); V. marginata (80); V. fornicata (42);


Vorticella patellina ?, cell body 69 μm long, 56 μm wide, peristome 94 μm wide, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Kurome river, Asaka city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 1999, 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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A dividing cell
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