Rhabdostyla patula Perty 1852

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 patula Perty 1852

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Scyphidia patula Perty, 1852: 189 , pl. II, fig. 7

[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) patula Kahl, 1935: 678 , pl. 129, fig. 15

Diagnosis: Size about 1/30”’. Peduncle with half the body size. Bell-shaped body. Cytoplasm with a bluish gray coloration.

Remarks: diagnosis compiled from the work of Perty (1852) and Kahl (1935). According to Perty (1852), this species is similar to Scyphidia ringens Müller, 1773 . According to Kahl (1935), the original author did not compile enough information, but analyzing the drawing there is no doubt that it is a different species. The 1/30”” size was not changed to the standard measurement (µm), because there was no reference to perform the conversion.

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.