Rhabdostyla longipes (Kent, 1880) Souza & Rossi & Dias, 2024

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 : 218

Rhabdostyla longipes (Kent, 1880) nov. comb.

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Opisthostyla) longipes Kahl, 1935: 679 , pl. 129, fig. 18

Diagnosis: Size about 70 µm. Elongated to bell-shaped body, more attenuated at the posterior end, about twice long as wide when expanded, symmetrically oval in the contracted state. Thin, sinuous peduncle, two or three times longer than the body, centrally enclosing a uniform series of tiny granular particles. Clear cytoplasm, finely grained. Smooth pellicle. Found in freshwater environments.

Remarks: diagnosis compiled from the works of Kent (1881) and Kahl (1935). According to Kent (1880), it is very similar to Vorticella picta , except for the lack of color in the granulation of the cytoplasm and was found in ‘association’ with Vorticella campanula .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Schematic drawing of representatives of the Rhabdostyla genus. T: Rhabdostyla inclinans; U: Rhabdostyla invaginata; V: Rhabdostyla libera; W: Rhabdostyla limnophili; X: Rhabdostyla longipes; Y: Rhabdostyla mapuche; Z: Rhabdostyla muscorum; A’: Rhabdostyla patula; B’: Rhabdostyla nebulifera; C’: Rhabdostyla nereicola; D’: Rhabdostyla pussila; E’: Rhabdostyla variabilis.