Checklist and distribution of ciliates from the family Euplotidae Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in Slovakia, Central Europe Author Tirjaková, Eva Author Botlíková, Simona Author Vďačný, Peter text Zootaxa 2015 3920 2 343 365 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.7 7ac46a76-d59c-484b-802e-7542649f6a8c 1175-5326 245708 D1D70F75-4D98-4681-AFBC-B8B6954B249F Euplotoides aediculatus ( Pierson, 1943 ) Borror & Hill, 1995 ( Fig. 3 A; Table 3 ) Since its original description by Pierson (1943) , it was considered as a junior synonym of E. eurystomus by several authors ( Tuffrau 1960 ; Wise 1965 ; Carter 1972 ). Pierson et al. (1968) recognized this species as valid and contributed to a better separation of E. aediculatus from E. eurystomus . For taxonomic revision and further details, see Foissner et al. (1991). Euplotoides aediculatus is a freshwater species, but has been reported also from activated sludge plants and brackish water (for review, see Foissner et al. 1991). At the territory of Slovakia , this species was noted for the first time in the main stream of the Danube and in its backwaters near the locality Starý les ( Baláži 2010; unpubl. observ. ). Later, E. aediculatus was recorded in the upper Váh river near the villages of Lisková and Bystrá ( Tirjaková & Vďačný 2013a ) and in the Zubrovica stream ( Tirjaková &Vďačný 2013b ).