Rhabdostyla hungarica (Stiller 1931)

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 : 216

Rhabdostyla hungarica (Stiller 1931)

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) hungarica Stiller, 1931 — Kahl, 1935: 679, pl. 133, fig. 13

Epistylis (Rhabdostyla) hungarica Stiller, 1931 — Stiller, 1971: 69, pl. 36, fig. B

Rhabdostyla hungarica Stiller, 1931 — Green, 1974: 459, pl. 17, fig. G

Diagnosis: Size about 35–40µm. Often with a pear-shaped body, but very variable. Plump and short peduncle, 10–15 µm long. Pellicle finely striated. Peristomial collar quite thick. Peristomial disc flat, convex, and sunken, that is, it does not protrude beyond the peristomial collar. Infundibulum reaching a little more than half of the body. Contractile vacuole on the right side of the infundibulum. Anterior macronucleus, horseshoe-shape, inclined transversely. Light gray cytoplasm with coarse granules. Found in a crustacean of the genus Leptodora .

Remarks: diagnosis based on the work of Kahl (1935), Stiller (1971) and Green (1974).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Schematic drawing of representatives of the Rhabdostyla genus. K: Rhabdostyla conipes; L: Rhabdostyla cyclopis, M: Rhabdostyla cylindrica; N: Rhabdostyla dixae; O: Rhabdostyla dubia; P: Rhabdostyla ephemerae; Q: Rhabdostyla fromentellii; R: Rhabdostyla globularis; S: Rhabdostyla hungarica.