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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:
Similar Genus ->> Campanella; Rhabdostyla; Opisthostyla;

Vorticella pyrum (elongated cell body similar to V. elongata), cell body μm long, μm wide, x 640, Togawa, Kazo city, Saitama Pref., Japan, May 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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