Rhabdostyla conipes ( 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 : 213

Rhabdostyla conipes ( Kahl 1935)

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) conipes Kahl, 1935: 676 , pl. 129, fig 7

Epistylis (Rhabdostyla) conipes Kahl, 1935 — Stiller, 1971: 64, pl. 34, fig. A

Diagnosis: Size about 40–46µm. Straight and short peduncle, about 6 µm long. Slightly enlarged in the anterior region. Pellicle weakly striated. Wide, almost flat peristomial disc. Short, sausage-shaped macronucleus, curved back at one end and positioned in the middle of the body. Epibiont of cladocerans of the Daphnia genus.

Remarks: compiled diagnosis of articles by Kahl (1935) and Stiller (1971).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Schematic drawing of representatives of the Rhabdostyla genus. K: Rhabdostyla conipes; L: Rhabdostyla cyclopis, M: Rhabdostyla cylindrica; N: Rhabdostyla dixae; O: Rhabdostyla dubia; P: Rhabdostyla ephemerae; Q: Rhabdostyla fromentellii; R: Rhabdostyla globularis; S: Rhabdostyla hungarica.