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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella sp.
Linnaeus, 1767

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;


Vorticella sp. ?, cell body 45 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=1.5, peristome 45 μm wide, stalk more than 130 μm long, vacuolar ornaments present, x 400, x 640, Shimo-kawahara Park (near Iruma river), Sayama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 7, 2005 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
Vorticella Vorticella Vorticella Vorticella Vorticella
Cell body 35 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=1.2, peristome 50 μm wide, stalk more than 100 μm long, vacuolar ornaments present, x 400, x 640
Pseudovorticella Pseudovorticella Pseudovorticella Pseudovorticella Pseudovorticella Pseudovorticella


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