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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae

Opisthostyla annulata
Stokes 1886

Opisthostyla 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 annulata Stokes 1886, cell body 31 μm long, 16 μm wide, stalk 43 μm long, cell surface transversely lined, x 100, x 200, x 640, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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