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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae

 Campanella umbellaria
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Campanella umbellaria Genus: Oral cilia make 3 or more turns around peristomal disc (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Stalk not contractile; body contractile.
Species: Cell body 130-350 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar Genus ->> Carchesium : Epistylis

Campanella umbellaria, cell body 200 μm long, 113 μm wide, pellicle striated, x 100, x 200, x 400, by Y. Tsukii
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Contraction of cell body
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Campanella umbellaria, stained with azure C & fastgreen, macronucleus horseshoe-shaped ?, by Y. Tsukii
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C. umbellaria Linnaeus, 1767: Cell body 130-250 μm long (Kudo, 1966). Cell body bell-shaped; 200-260 μm long, 100 μm wide; oral cilia 4-6 turns around peristome; pellicle striated; cytopharynx 1/2 of cell length; contractile vacuole near peristome; macronucleus horseshoe-shaped (Gensei-Doubutu Zukan, 1981).

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