Rhabdostyla pusilla ( Stokes 1886 a) 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 : 220-221

Rhabdostyla pusilla ( Stokes 1886 a) nov. comb.

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Rhabdostyla pussila Stokes, 1886 a: 108 , pl. I, fig. 17

Opisthostyla pussila Stokes, 1886 b: 565

[ Rhabdostyla] (Opisthostyla) pusilla Stokes, 1886 a — Kahl, 1935: 679, pl. 129, fig. 19

Diagnosis: Size about 22.5–25 µm. Bell or pear-shaped body, thinning posteriorly, less than twice as wide as it is long. Peduncle is slightly longer than the body, the distal end slightly curved. Pellicle cross streaked. Peristome slightly exceeds the width of the center of the body, the peristomial collar is revolute. Found in freshwater ponds over algae of genus Ceratophyllum .

Remarks: compiled diagnosis from Stokes (1886 a) and 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.