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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella sp.

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:
Vorticella
Vorticella sp. ?
60 x 50 μm
peristome μm
near Okubo ike
Shinano
Nagano, 2004
Vorticella
Vorticella sp. ?
50 x 30 μm
peristome 45 μm
Nagaike park
Hachioji
Tokyo, 2005
Vorticella
Vorticella sp. ?
45 x 30 μm
35 x 30 μm
peristome 45, 50 μm
Shimo-kawahara p.
Sayama
Saitama, 2005
Vorticella
Vorticella sp. ?
50 x 27 μm
peristome 44 μm
Univ. A.V.M.
Obihiro
Hokkaido, 2005


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