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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Parameciidae

 Paramecium multimicronucleatum
Powers & Mitchell, 1910

Paramecium multimicronucleatum Genus: Cigar- or foot-shaped; a single macronucleus and 1 to several vesicular or compact microuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 200-330 μm long; a single macronucleus; four or more vesicular micronuclei; three to seven contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966). 200-350 μm long; four vesicular micronuclei (How to know the protozoa, 1979).

Paramecium multimicronucleatum ?, cell body about 230 μm long, 53 μm wide, L/W=4.3, x 640, drainage ditch, Arai, Kurihashi town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 4, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Paramecium

Images of collecting locality: Drainage ditch, Arai, Kurihashi town, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 4, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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