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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 37 μm long, 23 μm wide, peristome 22 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Hasu-ike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 19, 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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