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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella sp.
or Pseudovorticella Foissner & Schiffmann, 1974 ?

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

Vorticella sp. or Pseudovorticella sp. ?, cell body 67 μm long, 52 μm wide, L/W=1.3, peristome 60 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, Shibu-ike (pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 19, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 100 μm scale 200 μm scale 300 μm; x 200
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Cell body 72 μm long, 51 μm wide, L/W=1.4, x 640
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Cell body 72 μm long, 50 μm wide, L/W=1.4, peristome 60 μm wide, stalk 7 μm wide, spasmoneme 3 μm wide, x 640
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Ref.
Foissner, W. & Schiffmann, H. (1974) Vergleichende Studien an argyrophilen Strukturen von vierzehn peritrichen Ciliaten. Protistologica, 10: 489-508.

Foissner, W. & Schiffmann, H. (1979) Morphologie und Silberliniensystem von Pseudovorticella sauwaldensis November spec. und Scyphidia physarum Lachmann, 1856 (Ciliophora: Peritrichida). Ber. Naturwiss. -Mediz. Veren. Salzburg, 3-4: 83-94.

Ji, D., Song W. & Al-Rasheid, K.A.S. (2003) Description of a marine peritrichous cliate, Pseudovorticella sinensis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) from China. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 50(5): 360-365.

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