Rhabdostyla libera (Kahl 1933)

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 libera (Kahl 1933)

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[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) libera Kahl, 1933 — Kahl, 1935: 675, pl. 133, fig. 14

Diagnosis: Size about 60µm. Tapered, extremely similar to that of protists of the genus Vorticella . Short and folded peduncle. Delicate longitudinal striations all over the body and transverse striations that can only be seen in the posterior region. Longitudinally inclined macronucleus. Marine individuals and were found on algae.

Remarks: diagnosis according to Kahl (1935).

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.