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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella cylindrica
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Vorticella cylindrica Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 43 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;

Vorticella cylindrica, stalk very long, cell body 44 μm long, μm wide, peristome μm wide, x 400, x 640, Matsumoto, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 2001, collected by N. Kinoshita, photo by Y. Tsukii
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