Oligohymenophorea
: Peritrichia: Sessilida: Epistylididae
Rhabdostyla
conipes
Penard
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
43
μm long (Kahl, 1930).
Rhabdostyla conipes
, cell body
40
μm long,
21
μm wide, stalk about
16
μm long, attached on
Cyclops
, x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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