Establishment of a new peritrich ciliate genus, Pseudepistylis n. gen. (Ciliophora: Peritrichia: Epistylididae), with a description of a new freshwater species, Pseudepistylis songi n. sp. from Wenzhou, China
Author
Peng, Xiaohui
Author
Shi, Xinlu
Author
Warren, Alan
text
Zootaxa
2007
1524
35
45
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.177493
7a8c9e9e-78bb-476d-80a4-93e455bc3881
1175-5326
177493
Genus
Pseudepistylis
n. gen.
Diagnosis:
Possessing diagnostic characteristics of the family
Epistylididae
but with reticulate rather than transverse silverline system; colonial, with branched non-contractile stalk; oral ciliary rows make less than two circuits on the peristome before entering the infundibulum.
Type
species:
Pseudepistylis songi
n. sp.
Etymology:
Composite of the Greek adjective
pseud
meaning “similar to” and the generic name
Epistylis
. Feminine gender.