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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella striata
Dujardin, 1841

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 45 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;


Vorticella striata Dujardin, cell body 45 μm long, 25 μm wide, L/W=1.8, peristome 22 μm wide, stalk about 90 μm long, x 640, near Oh-hashi (large bridge), Asa-kawa (Asa river), Hachioji city, Tokyo, Japan, March 26, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Vorticella striata Dujardin, 1841: Cell body 45 μm long (Kahl, 1930).

Vorticella cupifera Kahl, 1930: Cell body 40 μm long (Kahl, 1930).


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