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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Vaginicolidae

 Vaginicola sp.

Vaginicola Family: Loricate; with or without stalk; body slender, extensible, attached in lorica aborally; macronucleus long (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Lorica attached aborally (no stalk), similar to Thuricola but lacks valve (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Lorica is vase-like, upright and attached at the end (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Thuricola; Pyxicola; Cothurnia; Platycola

Vaginicola sp., lorica 212 μm long, 55 μm wide, L/W=3.9, x 640, a pond at Izumo Shrine, Izumo city, Shimane Pref., Japan, September 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
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Vaginicola Vaginicola
Lorica 195 μm long, 50 μm wide, L/W=3.9, x 640
Vaginicola Vaginicola

Images of collecting locality: a pond at Izumo Shrine, Izumo city, Shimane Pref., Japan, September 22, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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