Rhabdostyla limnophili Kahl 1935

Souza, Pedro Mendes De, Rossi, Mariana Fonseca & Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso, 2024, Systematic review of the genera Rhabdostyla Kent 1880 and Orborhabdostyla Foissner et al. 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Epistylididae), Zootaxa 5399 (3), pp. 201-230 : 218

Rhabdostyla limnophili Kahl 1935

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) limnophili Kahl, 1935: 678 , pl. 138, fig. 29

Diagnosis: Size about 55µm. Oval shaped. Peduncle measuring about two-thirds the size of the body, ringed, sometimes with an unoccupied lateral branch. Elevated peristomial collar, which wraps around the back of the body when contracted. Transversely inclined macronucleus, usually in the middle of the posterior part of the body. Found in fresh water, in large numbers on Trichoptera larvae.

Remarks: diagnosis according to Kahl (1935).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Schematic drawing of representatives of the Rhabdostyla genus. T: Rhabdostyla inclinans; U: Rhabdostyla invaginata; V: Rhabdostyla libera; W: Rhabdostyla limnophili; X: Rhabdostyla longipes; Y: Rhabdostyla mapuche; Z: Rhabdostyla muscorum; A’: Rhabdostyla patula; B’: Rhabdostyla nebulifera; C’: Rhabdostyla nereicola; D’: Rhabdostyla pussila; E’: Rhabdostyla variabilis.