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Spirostomum

From the collection Protsville drawings of freshwater protists

Description of Spirostomum: Heterotrich ciliates, body blunt at posterior; somatic kineties spiralled when body contracts; oral region usually at least 1/2 body length; oral infundibulum shallow; incomplete somatic kineties insert on right of oral region; with huge non-contractile vacuole in posterior that is evacuated by cell contraction

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Spirostomum in other collections

Spirostomum minus, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Spirostomum caudatum, from Freshwater protists of ponds and sphagnum near Frankfurt, Germany	Spirostomum ambiguum, from Quissett Pond	Spirostomum ambiguum, from Protsville	Spirostomum ambiguum, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838
Spirostomum ambiguum, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Spirostomum ambiguum, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Spirostomum caudatum, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Spirostomum caudatum, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Spirostomum ambiguum, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere
Spirostomum ambiguum, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Spirostomum ambiguum, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Spirostomum ambiguum, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Spirostomum minus, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Spirostomum teres, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere
Spirostomum loxodes, from Marine microbes from Idaho	Spirostomum loxodes, from Marine microbes from Idaho	Spirostomum caudatum, from Freshwater protists of ponds and sphagnum near Frankfurt, Germany	Spirostomum loxodes, from Marine microbes from Idaho	Spirostomum caudatum, from Freshwater protists of ponds and sphagnum near Frankfurt, Germany
Spirostomum, from Cumloden, Massachusetts, USA	Spirostomum, from Cumloden, Massachusetts, USA	Spirostomum, from Cumloden, Massachusetts, USA

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