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Table 3 a in Description of Epistylis camprubii n. sp., a Species Highly Tolerant to Ammonium and Nitrite

  • 1. Laboratory of Protistology, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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Table 3a. Comparison between Epistylis camprubii and the other Epistylis species mentioned in the manuscript: characteristics of zooid and persitome.

SpeciesBody lenght in vivo (µm)Body width in vivo (µm)Zooid shapePeristomial disc diameter in vivo (µm)Peristomial disc shapePeristomial lip height in vivo (µm)Peristomial lip width in vivo (µm)Number of peristomial lipsData source
Epistylis camprubii35.3–98.118.0–65.2Vase-shaped11.2–21.3Rounded, pointed, rarely umbilicated5.0–10.616.2–31.71Present manuscript
E. balatonica90–10045–55Vase-shaped2Stiller 1971
E. chrysemydis120–22060–110Vase-shapedUmbilicated50–802Foissner et al. 1992
E. coronata70–120Vase-shapedSlightly umbilicated and oblique32–651Foissner et al. 1992
E. entzii125–19080CylindricalConvex, slightly oblique1Foissner et al. 1992
E. epistyliformis43–6220–27Vase-shapedConvex, sometimes – conical1Stiller 1971
E. hentscheli110–17038–60Asymmetric and bell-shaped, narrowed down to the stemConvex, slightly oblique1Foissner et al. 1992
E. plicatilis90–16025–50Funnel-shapedNot umbilicated36–601Foissner et al. 1992
E. rotans / E. procumbens60–1402–2½ times as long as wideIrregular (sigmoidal – shape, bent at rightFlat or slightly convex, slightly1Foissner et al. 1999
angles, slightly tilted backwards)oblique
E. rotans70–100Vase-shapedArched1Curds 1969
E. thienemanni67–120Vase-shapedConical1Stiller 1971
E. variabilis50–100Funnel-shapedSlightly convex and obliquely protuberant1Stiller 1971

Notes

Published as part of Canals, Oriol & Salvadó, Humbert, 2016, Description of Epistylis camprubii n. sp., a Species Highly Tolerant to Ammonium and Nitrite, pp. 16 in Acta Protozoologica 55 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.16.002.4043, http://zenodo.org/record/8356873

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  • Foissner W., Berger H., Kohmann F. (1992) Taxonomische und okologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems. In: Peritrichia, Heterotrichida, Odontostomatida, Band II. Bayerisches Landesamt fur Wasserwirtschaft, Munchen, 182 - 224
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