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Heterotrichea: Heterotrichida: Stentoridae

Stentor fuliginosus
Forbes 1891

Stentor fuliginosus Species: Cell body 200-300 μm long when fully extended; a single macronucleus and several micronuclei; cortical and cytoplasmic granules yellow-brown or red-orange coloured; with symbiotic green algae (Foissner and Wölfl, 1994).


Stentor fuliginosus Forbes 1891, algal endosymbionts present, cell body 300 μm long, 212 μm wide, L/W=1.4, x 200, x 400, x 640, a pond near the entrance of climbing route to Omine mountain, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, April 15, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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Stentor fuliginosus Stentor fuliginosus Stentor fuliginosus

Images of collecting locality: a pond near the entrance of climbing route to Omine mountain, Minakami town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Gunma Pref., Japan, April 15, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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