Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vorticellidae
Vorticella
Linnaeus, 1767
Family: Solitary, gregarious, or colonial; most are aloricate, some form lorica;
each zooid has its own, independently contractile myoneme in full length of stalk.
Genus: Solitary, but often gregarious; myoneme continuous within full
length of stalk (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Vorticella (microstoma ?), x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 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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