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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae

Epistylis sp.
Glodfuss

Epistylis Genus: Colonial; without lorica; less than 3 turns of oral cilia; swarmer with median scopula (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Stalk not contractile; body contractile.
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Campanella


Stalks of Epistylis or related species, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 200, x 400, Japan, April 1999, by Y. Tsukii
scale 100 μm scale 200 μm scale 300 μm; x 200 : scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400


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