Amphileptus claparedei Matis & Tirjaková 1995: 247 Amphileptus claparedii Tirjaková 1997b: 27 Tirjaková 1998: 15 Tirjaková 2010: 35 An annotated and revised checklist of pleurostome ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Slovakia, Central Europe Vďačný, Peter Rajter, Ľubomír Zootaxa 2014 2014-02-04 3760 4 501 521 8TNB9 Stein, 1867 Stein 1867 [151,555,367,392] Gymnostomatea Amphileptidae Amphileptus Chromista Pleurostomatida 5 506 Ciliophora species claparedii     Amphileptus claparedei—  Matis & Tirjaková 1995: 247.    Amphileptus claparedii—  Tirjaková 1997b: 27;  Tirjaková 1998: 15;  Tirjaková 2010: 35.   Nomenclature.Misspelled as “  A. claparedei” by Matis & Tirjaková (1995), and thus unavailable according to the Articles 33.3 and 33.5 of the ICZN (1999).   Main morphological characters(according to Foissner et al.1995). Size 100–240 ×30–40 µm in vivo. Body ellipsoidal with a conspicuous concavity on left side. Two macronuclear nodules with a single micronucleus in between. Many irregularly scattered contractile vacuoles. No extrusomes. Somatic ciliary pattern  Amphileptus-like; 15–18 right and about 5 left kineties.   Distribution.  Amphileptus claparediiwas recorded in the littoral zone of the Danube River near the hydroelectric power structures in Gabčíkovo ( Matis & Tirjaková 1995); in an oligotrophic stream in the National Nature Reserve Rozsutec, Malá Fatra Mts ( Tirjaková 1997b); in the benthos of the Hron River and its tributary, Vyhniansky potok stream ( Tirjaková 1998); in the benthos and plankton of a hypertrophic shallow water reservoir near the town of Modra ( Tirjaková 2010).