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Home / Non-PS_Flagellates_and_Ciliates / Ciliates / Vaginicola |
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Name derivation: |
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"Sheath inhabiter" -- Sheath Vagini- inhabiter -cola |
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Morphology: |
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A sessile loricate ciliate attached at the base to a substrate. Classified as a peritrich oligohymenophora, along with Vorticella and others (Patterson 1996). |
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Similar genera: |
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Cothurnia differs only by having a short stalk at the base of the lorica.
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater pools, sessile. |
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