Heterotrichea:
Heterotrichida: Stentoridae
Stentor fuliginosus
Forbes 1891
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).
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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
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
x 640
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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