Rhabdostyla, Kent, 1881

Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Fontaneto, Diego, Zawal, Andrzej & Singh, Ravail, 2023, A checklist of epibiont and parasite ciliates (Ciliophora) associated to rotifers (Rotifera), Zootaxa 5389 (3), pp. 373-385 : 378

Genus Rhabdostyla Kent, 1881

Rhabdostyla congregata Zacharias, 1903

Report as epibiont on rotifers: This species was found as epibiont on Polyarthra sp. , Keratella quadrata , Keratella cochlearis , and Brachionus calyciflorus from a pond in Germany ( Zacharias 1903; Schödel 2018).

Remarks: The species was also rarely found on the cladoceran Bosmina longirostris from the same locality ( Zacharias 1903). It is Schödel’s (2018) opinion that the species is possibly identical to Epistylis pygmaeum .

Rhabdostyla sp. (in Regali-Seleghim & Godinho 2004)

Report as epibiont on rotifers: The species was found on rotifers Filinia longiseta , Polyarthra sp. , Keratella sp. and Brachionus sp. ( Regali-Seleghim & Godinho 2004).

Remarks: Among the infested rotifers, F.longiseta was the most frequently infested one, followed by Polyarthra sp. , Brachionus sp. and Keratella sp. ( Regali-Seleghim & Godinho 2004). This species was also found on other groups of hosts—cladocerans and copepods ( Regali-Seleghim & Godinho 2004).