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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae

Campanella umbellaria
Schröder

Campanella Genus: Oral cilia make 3 or more turns around peristomal disc (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Stalk not contractile; body contractile.
Species: Cell body 130-350 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Carchesium : Epistylis


Campanella umbellaria, cell body 120 μm long, 110 μm wide, L/W=1.1, peristome 112 μm wide, P/W=1.0, x 200, x 400, x 640, a small pond at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 13, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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