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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

Vorticella pyrum
Mereschkowsky, 1879

Vorticella Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Cell body 50 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;


Vorticella pyrum, cell body 50 μm long, 28 μm wide, L/W=, peristome 20 μm wide, x 640, drainage ditch, Kami-omino, Kawajima (Kawashima) town, Saitama Pref., February 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Drainage ditch, Kami-omino, Kawajima (Kawashima) town, Saitama Pref., February 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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