Rhabdostyla nereicola Precht 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 : 219

Rhabdostyla nereicola Precht 1935

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Diagnosis: Size about 55–62 µm. Shape quite constant, with a thin lower edge. Short peduncle. Pellicle striated. Irregular peristomial collar. Cytoplasm with granules that not reach the end of the body. Macronucleus straight and concave towards the interior of the body. Found on polychaetes, Nereis dumerili .

Remarks: diagnosis according to Precht (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.