Euplotopsis finki ( Foissner, 1982 ) Borror & Hill, 1995

Tirjaková, Eva, Botlíková, Simona & Vďačný, Peter, 2015, Checklist and distribution of ciliates from the family Euplotidae Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in Slovakia, Central Europe, Zootaxa 3920 (2), pp. 343-365 : 358

Euplotopsis finki ( Foissner, 1982) Borror & Hill, 1995

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This is very likely a rare terrestrial species originally described from Austria, Central Europe by Foissner (1982). In Slovakia, E. finki was recorded in tree bark and decaying wood mass collected in the Strážovské vrchy Mts. near the village of Belušské Slatiny ( Bartošová & Tirjaková 2008). We recorded this species in mosses from the munical park Pomlé in the city of Šamorín (unpubl. observ.).

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FIGURE 3. Various euplotids recoded at the territory of Slovakia after protargol (A) and silver nitrate (B – F) impregnation. (A) Euplotoides aediculatus, dorsal view showing nuclear apparatus. (B, C) Euplotoides patella, ventral (B) and dorsal (C) view. (D) Euplotopsis affinis, dorsal view showing the double- eurystomus silverline pattern. (E) Euplotopsis finki, dorsal view showing the double- eurystomus silverline pattern. (F) Euplotopsis muscicola, dorsal view showing the muscicola silverline pattern. AZM—adoral zone of membranelles, CC—caudal cirri, DK—dorsal kineties, FV—frontoventral cirri, MA—macronucleus, MI—micronucleus. Scale bars: 20 µm (D – F), 30 µm (B, C), and 50 µm (A).