Rhabdostyla mapuche Álvarez-Campos et al. 2014

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 mapuche Álvarez-Campos et al. 2014

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Diagnosis: Size about 23–31 µm long and 16–19µm wide. Globular to spherical body. Peduncle short, about 3–6 µm long, and thick, about 4–6 µm wide, with longitudinal sinuation. Pellicle with distinct transverse striations, 36–39 silverlines. Peristomial disc with 20–23µm in diameter and with 9–14 ciliary bands. Macronucleus c-shaped and close to the cell periphery. Round micronucleus, close to the macronucleus. Found on marine polychaetes.

Remarks: diagnoses according to Álvarez-Campos et al. (2014). According to them, this species, when contracted, assumes an oval shape with a deep indentation that contains part of the contracted posterior end, this is because its posterior and anterior folds cover the contracted region.

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.