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 120 μm long, 110 μm wide, L/W=1.1,
peristome 112 μm wide, P/W=1.0,
x 200, x 400, x 640, a small pond at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro city, Hokkaido, Japan, October 13, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
x 640