Published January 12, 2024 | Version v1
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Rhabdostyla cyclopis

  • 1. ¹ Laboratório de Protozoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Martelos, 36036 - 900, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Description

Rhabdostyla cyclopis (Kahl 1935)

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[Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) cyclopis Kahl, 1935: 675, pl. 138, fig. 19

Epistylis (Rhabdostyla) cyclopis Kahl, 1935 — Stiller, 1971: 68, pl. 35, fig. F

Diagnosis: Size about 30µm. Vase-like body. Stalk short and with an expansion at insertion with the body, where the body turns when contracted. Very thick peristomial collar. Convex peristomial disc, with no bulge. Infundibulum reaching a third of the body length. Contractile vacuole found below the peristomial collar. Horseshoe-shaped macronucleus, positioned horizontally on the upper body. Found on species of cladocerans, copepods and ostracods.

Remarks: diagnosis compiled from Kahl (1935) and Stiller (1971).

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 201-230 in Zootaxa 5399 (3) on page 214, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10516774

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Epistylididae
Genus
Rhabdostyla
Kingdom
Chromista
Order
Peritrichida
Phylum
Ciliophora
Scientific name authorship
Kahl
Species
cyclopis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhabdostyla cyclopis (Kahl, 1935) sec. Souza, Rossi & Dias, 2024

References

  • Kahl, A. (1935) Peritrichia und Chonotricha. Untiere Order Protozoa, 1935, 651 - 885.
  • Stiller, J. (1971) n. k. In: Szajkoszorus csillosok-peritricha. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 23 - 73