Vaginicola undetermined

Lu, Borong, Li, Lifang, Hu, Xiaozhong, Ji, Daode, Al-Rasheid, Khaled A S & Song, Weibo, 2019, Novel contributions to the peritrich family Vaginicolidae (Protista: Ciliophora), with morphological and phylogenetic analyses of poorly known species of Pyxicola, Cothurnia and Vaginicola, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187 (1), pp. 1-30 : 14

GENUS VAGINICOLA LAMARCK, 1816

Species of this genus have a comparatively simple formation. Commonly, one or two zooids attach to the lorica floor via the scopula, with transverse striations on the pellicle. The lorica attaches to the substrate directly without stalk. Although species of Vaginicola are commonly found in a wide variety of habitats and some have been investigated many times, their species identification is exclusively based on live specimens.