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Oligohymenophorea: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae

 Opisthostyla similis
Stokes 1889

Opisthostyla Genus: Similar to Epistylis; but solitary with a non-contractile stalk; numerous species (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
Similar genus --> > Rhabdostyla

Opisthostyla similis Stokes 1889, cell body 32.5 μm long, 20 μm wide, stalk 46 μm long, x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
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