Epistylis

Epistylis
Scientific classification
(unranked):	SAR
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Subclass:	Peritrichia
Order:	Sessilida
Family:	Epistylidae
Genus:	Epistylis; Ehrenberg, 1830

Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms

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

↑ 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)". Brazilian Archies of Biology and Technology 49 (5): 807–812. doi:10.1590/S1516-89132006000600015. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/babt/v49n5/15.pdf.
↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Epistylis". Encyclopædia Britannica. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 703.
↑ Manwell, Reginald D. (1968). Introduction to Protozoology. New York: Dover Publications. p. 331.

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[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)". Brazilian Archies of Biology and Technology 49 (5): 807–812. doi:10.1590/S1516-89132006000600015. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/babt/v49n5/15.pdf.

[EB1911-2] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Epistylis". Encyclopædia Britannica. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 703.

[3] Manwell, Reginald D. (1968). Introduction to Protozoology. New York: Dover Publications. p. 331.