Family: Peristomal disc lacks stalk; body on aboral stalk; if stalkless, in lorica; solitary or colonial.
Genus: Colonial; without lorica; less than 3 turns of oral cilia; swarmer with median scopula (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Stalk not contractile; body contractile.

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E. hentscheli 250 x 75 μm, x 100 Otawara Tochigi, 2001	E. hentscheli 225 x 75 μm Otawara Tochigi, 2001	E. hentscheli 200 x 88 μm Japan, 1999	E. hentscheli 135 x 40 μm Chiba Park Chiba, 2003
Epistylis sp. E. urceolata ? 181 μm, x 400 Mizumoto Park Tokyo, 2001	Epistylis sp. ? swarmer similar to Trichodina (Mobilida) Chiba Park Chiba, 2003	Epistylis sp. ? 95 x 23 μm stalk very long Azuma river Tokorozawa Saitama, 2004
E. rotans 112 x 20 μm Japan, 1998	E. rotans 78 x 23 μm Fujioka Tochigi, 2001	E. rotans 75 x 19 μm Saitama, 1999	E. rotans 69 x 18 μm Saitama, 1999
E. rotans 63 x 15 μm Saitama, 1999	E. rotans ? 60 x 18 μm Sashi-ohgi Saitama, 2002	E. vaginula ? 60 x 25 μm Saitama, 1999	Epistylis sp. 62.5 x 25 μm Saitama, 1999
E. microdiscum 48 x 28 μm Japan, 1998	E. microdiscum 46 x 29 μm Saitama, 1999	E. microdiscum 28 x 15 μm Sashi-ohgi Saitama, 2002	??? μm Japan, 1999

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