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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella monilata
Tatem 1870

Vorticella monilata Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 50-80 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Carchesium
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. margaritata var. chlorelligera (60)
Other endosymbioses


Vorticella monilata (or V. margaritata ?) with endosymbiotic Chlorella, cell body 78-93 μm long, μm wide, peristome 65-93 μm wide, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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