Epistylis

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Epistylis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Order: Sessilida
Family: Epistylididae
Genus: Epistylis
Ehrenberg, 1830  [1]

Epistylis is a genus of usually colonial peritrich ciliates with a short oral disc and collar, and a rigid stalk. [2] The rigid stalk differentiates Epistylis from the very similar genus Carchesium in which the stalks are contractile like those in Vorticella. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Roberto Júnio Pedroso Dias, Sthefane D`Ávila and Marta D`Agosto (2006). "First Record of Epibionts Peritrichids and Suctorians (Protozoa, Ciliophora) on Pomacea lineata (Spix, 1827)" (PDF). Brazilian Archies of Biology and Technology. 49 (5): 807–812. doi:10.1590/S1516-89132006000600015.
  2. ↑ Wikisource-logo.svg One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Epistylis". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 703.
  3. ↑ Manwell, Reginald D. (1968). Introduction to Protozoology. New York: Dover Publications. p. 331.
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