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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 38 μm long, 23 μm wide, L/W=1.7, peristome 21 μm wide, x 640, Ko-sumida river near Sakae-bashi (Sakae bridge), Kasukabe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Vorticella Vorticella

Images of collecting locality: Ko-sumida river near Sakae-bashi (Sakae bridge), Kasukabe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 12, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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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