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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 37 μm long, 22 μm wide, stalk about 100 μm long, x 640, Ikoi-no-hiroba near Ara-kawa (Ara river), Kami-muneoka, Shiki city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 25, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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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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