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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae

Opisthostyla pusilla
Stokes 1886

Opisthostyla pusilla Genus: Similar to Epistylis; but solitary with a non-contractile stalk; numerous species (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Cell body 22 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Similar genus --> > Rhabdostyla


Opisthostyla pusilla ?, cell body 27 μm long, 17 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Koshigaya, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 2001 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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