A checklist of ciliates (Ciliophora) inhabiting on ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) Author Chatterjee, Tapas Author Dovgal, Igor Author Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura Author Fernandez-Leborans, Gregorio text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-08 4763 1 17 30 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.1.2 0ddcf2f4-d4d0-4e76-a58f-3d12157ac1d8 1175-5326 3744023 6D6D0C4F-C2A5-45F0-BF17-41BDA37204D8 Rhabdostyla vernalis Stokes, 1887 Record as epibiont on ostracods: This species was reported as epibiont on exoskeleton of ostracod Cypris sp. from USA freshwaters ( Stokes 1888 ; Morado & Small 1995 ); it was reported also on ostracods from Hungary ( Stiller 1971 ). Record as epibiont on other hosts: This species was reported as epibiont on the copepod Eucyclops agilis agilis (Koch, 1838) (cited as Eucyclops agilis ) (cf. Henebry & Ridgeway 1979 ) and Cyclops sp. ( Stokes 1888 ). Remarks: According to Stiller (1971) this is a common species in North America and Germany .