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It Came from the Pond
It Came from the Pond
Do-It-Yourself Protistology

Vorticella chlorostigma

A true Vorticella (with horizontal, rather than reticulate, striations in the pellicle), with symbiotic algae. 

body length 86 um

From a marsh attached to Mer Bleue sphagnum bog. Collected in mid May, 2013.

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