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Heterotrichea: Heterotrichida: Stentoridae

Stentor pyriformis
Johnson 1893

Stentor Species: Cell body broadly trumpet shaped, up to 700 μm long when fully extended; macronucleus consists of two (rarely one, three, four or five) isolated beads; cortical granules colourless; with symbiotic green algae (Foissner and Wölfl, 1994).


Stentor pyriformis Johnson 1893, with endosymbiotic algae, cell body 280 μm long, 190 μm wide, L/W=, x 200, x 400, x 640, No.1, Tashirodaira marsh, Hakkoda mountain, Aomori city, Aomori Pref., Japan, September 13, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Images of collecting locality: No.1, Tashirodaira marsh, Hakkoda mountain, Aomori city, Aomori Pref., Japan, September 13, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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