Oligohymenophorea
: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae
Vorticella
pyrum
Mereschkowsky, 1879
Genus:
Solitary
, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body
50
μm long (Kahl, 1930).
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Campanella
;
Rhabdostyla
;
Opisthostyla
;
Vorticella pyrum
, cell body
45
μm long,
22
μm wide, peristome
14
μm wide, x 400, x 640, Uruguay, November 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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