Biology:Epistylis
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Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms
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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.
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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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2379204 entry
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