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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella sp.
Fromentel, 1874

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:
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Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
33 x 25 μm
Ikenokochi marsh
Tsuruga
Fukui, 2004
Vorticella
Vorticella sp.
54 x 27 μm
Akebono marsh
Tsuchiyu-onsen
Fukushima, 2005


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Vorticella
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