Euplotopsis muscicola ( Kahl, 1932 ) Borror & Hill, 1995

Tirjaková, Eva, Botlíková, Simona & Vďačný, Peter, 2015, Checklist and distribution of ciliates from the family Euplotidae Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in Slovakia, Central Europe, Zootaxa 3920 (2), pp. 343-365 : 358-359

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.7

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6101509

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C1879B-831F-FF25-FF7A-3C20C806F8A5

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scientific name

Euplotopsis muscicola ( Kahl, 1932 ) Borror & Hill, 1995
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Euplotopsis muscicola ( Kahl, 1932) Borror & Hill, 1995

( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 F, 6A–E; Table 3 View TABLE 3 )

This species belongs among one of the most common soil ciliates worldwide ( Foissner 1998; Foissner et al. 2002). In Slovakia, E. muscicola was preferentially reported in samples of soil, decaying wood mass, mosses and leaflitter at a variety of localities in Slovenský raj (Slovak Paradise) ( Tirjaková & Matis 1987); in the town of Bratislava ( Andelová & Tirjaková 2000; Chrenková & Tirjaková 2000); in the Malé Karpaty Mts. ( Tirjaková & Vďačný 2004; Holecová et al. 2005, 2012; Tirjaková 2005; Bartošová & Tirjaková 2005, 2008); in the Trnavská pahorkatina hills ( Holecová et al. 2005); and in the Borská nížina lowland, Podunajská rovina (Danubian Upland), Považské podolie valley, and Strážovské vrchy Mts. ( Bartošová & Tirjaková 2008). Further, E. muscicola was found in Sphagnum from the Rojkovské rašelinisko peatbog ( Tirjaková 1992b). We recorded this species in mosses and leaf litter from various localities: Hviezdoslavov, Šamorín, Vyšný Skálnik, and Kopagrund (unpubl. observ.).

Apart from terrestrial habitats, this species was recorded also from limnetic biotopes of Slovakia: in the main stream and branches of the Danube ( Matis 1961; Szentivány & Tirjaková 1994; Matis & Tirjaková 1995); in a thermal pond at a temperature of 38 ºC in the Bojnice Spa ( Matis & Straková-Striešková 1991); in the riverside zone of the Danube ( Tirjaková 1992a); in polluted streams in Slovenský kras (Slovak Krast) ( Tirjaková 1997a); in an acidified spring area from the Malé Karpaty Mts. ( Tirjaková 1997b; Tirjaková & Stloukal 2004); and in a tree hole of Acer campestre in the Malé Karpaty Mts. ( Tirjaková & Vďačný 2005). We recorded E. muscicola in a pond from Šajdíkove Humence, Záhorie, W Slovakia (unpubl. observ.).

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Ciliophora

Class

Hypotrichea

Order

Euplotida

Family

Gastrocirrhidae

Genus

Euplotopsis

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Ciliophora

Class

Hypotrichea

Order

Euplotida

Family

Gastrocirrhidae

Genus

Euplotopsis

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Ciliophora

Class

Hypotrichea

Order

Euplotida

Family

Gastrocirrhidae

Genus

Euplotopsis

Kingdom

Protozoa

Phylum

Ciliophora

Class

Hypotrichea

Order

Euplotida

Family

Gastrocirrhidae

Genus

Euplotopsis

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