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).

V. marina ? 65 x 42 μm peristome μm anterior constricted Japan, 1998

V. marina ? 70 x 45 μm 73 x 38 μm peristome μm Kamikawa Saitama, 2004

V. marina ? 55 x 32 μm peristome 32 μm anterior constricted near Karakemi m. Omachi Nagano, 2005

Similar Genus ->> Carchesium
Similar Species (cell length μm) -> V. convallaria; V. similis (60, 70); V. limnetis (60); V. smaragdina (65); V. floridensis (85);

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