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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae

Rhabdostyla conipes
Penard

Rhabdostyla 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 43 μm long (Kahl, 1930).


Rhabdostyla conipes, cell body 40 μm long, 21 μm wide, stalk about 16 μm long, attached on Cyclops, x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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