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
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
A dividing cell