Family: Solitary, gregarious, or colonial; most are aloricate, some form lorica; each zooid has its own, independently contractile myoneme in full length of stalk.
Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 60 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
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V. elongata
60 x 20 μm
peristome 31 μm
Japan, 1998
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V. elongata
58 x 18 μm
peristome 25 μm
Saitama, 1999
V. elongata ?
72 x 26 μm
peristome 32 μm
Japan, 1998Similar Genus ->> Carchesium
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. plicata (); V. mayeri (55); V. telescopia (60); V. micata (65);
