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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella minima

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


Vorticella minima ?, cell body 28 μm long, 17 μm wide, L/W=1.6, peristome 15 μm wide, x 640, Kanayama chosei-chi (pond), Kiyose city, Tokyo, Japan, January 15, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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