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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae

 Epistylis rotans
Svec, 1897

Epistylis Genus: Colonial; without lorica; less than 3 turns of oral cilia; swarmer with median scopula (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Stalk not contractile; body contractile.
Species:
Similar Genus ->> Campanella

Epistylis rotans, cell body 112 μm long, 20 μm wide, pellicle with striation, x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Japan, November 1998, by Y. Tsukii
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E. rotans Svec, 1897: cell body 70-100 μm long, 22-30 μm wide; peristome 32-40 μm wide; pellicle striated; a contractile vacuole anterior; stalk branching with segments (Kojima et al., 1995).

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