Rhabdostyla pristinis Righi 1973

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 : 220

Rhabdostyla pristinis Righi 1973

— Fig. 4 , G’

Diagnosis: Size about 37 µm long and 48 µm wide. Peduncle long, about 1/3 or 1/4 the size of the body, with four or five flexible transverse appendages. Transversely striated pellicle. Narrow, flat-surfaced peristomial disc with circular peristomial membrane. Infundibulum reaching about half of the body length and constricted in front of the contractile vacuole. Spiral macronucleus. Found on oligochaetes, Pristinis minuta .

Remarks: diagnosis according to Righi (1973)

Figures

FIGURE 4. Schematic drawing of representatives of the Rhabdostyla genus. F’: Rhabdostyla porculus: G’: Rhabdostyla pristinis; H’: Rhabdostyla ringens; I’: Rhabdostyla similis; J’: Rhabdostyla scyphidiformis; K’: Rhabdostyla scyphoides; L’: Rhabdostyla sessilis; M’: Rhabdostyla spheroides; N’: Rhabdostyla taboadai; O’: Rhabdostyla tritora; P’: Rhabdostyla tubificis; Q’: Rhabdostyla vernalis.