Rhabdostyla commensalis (Mobius 1888)

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 : 213

Rhabdostyla commensalis (Mobius 1888)

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) commensalis Mobius, 1888 — Kahl, 1935: 677–678, pl. 129, fig. 24

Diagnosis: Size about 62–70 µm. Elongated barrel shaped body. Gently striated pellicle. Peristome narrower than body diameter. Elevated peristomial disc. Very short peduncle, with an enlarged base and no transverse folds. Small, cylindrical to C-shaped macronucleus centrally arranged. Polykinety 3 single-rowed, terminate above Polykinety 1. Found on the polychaetes, Capitella capitata and Terebellides stromi .

Remarks: Diagnosis compiled from articles by Kahl (1935), Precht (1935) and Lu et al. (2020).

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.