Rhabdostyla arenicolae (Fabré-Domergue 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 : 212

Rhabdostyla arenicolae (Fabré-Domergue 1888)

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) arenicolae Fabré-Domergue, 1888 — Kahl, 1935: 677, pl. 129, fig. 30

Diagnosis: Size about 45–60µm. Conical body, wider on the front. Stalk usually measuring half the length of the body. Cylindrical nucleus, with torsion close to the peristomial region. A contractile vacuole in the anterior region. Pellicle transversely striated. Individuals found in the Arenicola polychaete gills in marine ecosystems.

Remarks: diagnosis compiled from Hensen (1911) and 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.