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 sp. ?,
cell body 35 μm long, 21 μm wide, L/W=1.7, peristome 14 μm wide,
x 640, Yasuragi-no-ike (pond), Oura central park, Oura town, Gunma Pref., Japan, February 18, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640