Rhabdostyla bosminae (Levander 1907)

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 : 212-213

Rhabdostyla bosminae (Levander 1907)

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) bosminae Lavander, 1907 — Kahl, 1935: 676, pl. 129, fig. 43

Diagnosis: Size about 38–44µm long and 18–20µm wide. Transversely striated pellicle. Stalk measuring about half the size of the body, reaching same size in rare cases. Peristome size about half the width of the body. Horseshoe-shaped nucleus. Usually colonizes the dorsal region of the carapace of cladocerans of the genus Bosmina .

Remarks: diagnosis according to Kahl (1935).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Schematic drawing of representatives of the genus Rhabdostyla and Orborhabdostyla.A: Orborhabdostyla brevipes; B: Orborhabdostyla bromelicola; C: Orborhabdostyla kahli; D: Rhabdostyla annulata; E: Rhabdostyla arenaria; F: Rhabdostyla arenicolae; G: Rhabdostyla bosminae; H: Rhabdostyla volvocis; I: Rhabdostyla chironomi; J: Rhabdostyla commensalis.