Genus: Similar to Epistylis;
but solitary with a non-contractile stalk; numerous species (Kudo, 1966).
Attached to Cyclops, Cypris, other copepods in fresh water (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Species:
Cell body 28 μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Rhabdostyla ovum,
cell body 27 μm long, 17 μm wide, peristome 15 μm wide,
x 640, Fujimi-hotaru-shinsui Park, Okegawa city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 21, 2006 by Y. Tsukii 31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Fujimi-hotaru-shinsui Park, Okegawa city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 21, 2006 by Y. Tsukii