Family: Solitary, gregarious, or colonial; most are aloricate, some form lorica; each zooid has its own, independently contractile myoneme in full length of stalk.
Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

V. convallaria ? x 640 Japan, 1998	V. convallaria x 640 Japan, 1998	V. convallaria x 640 Japan, 1998
V. convallaria ? x 640 Japan, 1998	V. elongata x 640 Japan, 1998	V. campanula x 640 Japan, 1998
Vorticella sp. cell division Japan, 1998

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