Rhabdostyla tubificis Nenninger 1948

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 : 223

Rhabdostyla tubificis Nenninger 1948

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Diagnosis: Size about 60 µm. Vessel-like body, that gradually decreases towards the peduncle. Extremely short peduncle with adhesive disc. Clearly striated pellicle. Peristomial collar moderately thick. Peristomial disc slightly arcuate and bifurcated. Contractile vacuole lies below the peristomial collar. Broad, horseshoe-shaped macronucleus, positioned transversely in the middle of the body, rarely longitudinally. Found over annelids of genus Tubifex , only in the head region.

Remarks: diagnosis according to Nenninger (1948).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Schematic drawing of representatives of the Rhabdostyla genus. F’: Rhabdostyla porculus: G’: Rhabdostyla pristinis; H’: Rhabdostyla ringens; I’: Rhabdostyla similis; J’: Rhabdostyla scyphidiformis; K’: Rhabdostyla scyphoides; L’: Rhabdostyla sessilis; M’: Rhabdostyla spheroides; N’: Rhabdostyla taboadai; O’: Rhabdostyla tritora; P’: Rhabdostyla tubificis; Q’: Rhabdostyla vernalis.