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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella vestita
Stokes 1883
Pseudovorticella vestita

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 65, 70 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;

Vorticella vestita or Pseudovorticella vestita ?, cell body 70 μm long, 52 μm wide, peristome 56 μm wide, x 200, x 400, Japan 199? by Y. Tsukii
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Vorticella Vorticella

Ref.
Foissner, W. & Schiffmann, H. (1974) Vergleichende Studien an argyrophilen Strukturen von vierzehn peritrichen Ciliaten. Protistologica, 10: 489-508.

Foissner, W. & Schiffmann, H. (1979) Morphologie und Silberliniensystem von Pseudovorticella sauwaldensis November spec. und Scyphidia physarum Lachmann, 1856 (Ciliophora: Peritrichida). Ber. Naturwiss. -Mediz. Veren. Salzburg, 3-4: 83-94.

Ji, D., Song W. & Al-Rasheid, K.A.S. (2003) Description of a marine peritrichous cliate, Pseudovorticella sinensis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) from China. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 50(5): 360-365.

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