Rhabdostyla globularis ( Stokes 1889 )

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 globularis ( Stokes 1889)

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Opisthostyla globularis Stokes, 1889: 481 , pl. X, fig. 8

[ Rhabdostyla] (Opishtostyla) globularis Stokes, 1889 — Kahl, 1935: 679, pl. 192, fig. 21

Rhabdostyla globularis Stokes, 1889 — Green, 1974: 459

Diagnosis: Size about 25–36.6 µm. Normally with a subglobus body, but mutable, a little longer than wide. Peduncle slightly longer than body. Pellicle transversely striated. Peristome smaller in diameter than the widest part of the body. Peristomial collar revolute. Peristomial disc not elevated. Found in freshwater environments on algae, Hydrodictyon utriculatum , and cladocerans, Bosmina longirostris and Diaphanosoma brachyurum .

Remarks: diagnosis compiled from the works of Stokes (1889), Kahl (1935), Nenninger (1948) 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.