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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae

 Vorticella sp.
Linnaeus, 1767

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

Vorticella sp., cell body 120 μm long, 80 μm wide, L/W=, peristome 114 μm wide, stalk 280 μm long, 8 μm in diam., x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Minuma Natural Park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 29, 2005 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
Vorticella Vorticella Vorticella
x 640
Vorticella Vorticella Vorticella

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