Rhabdostyla arenicolae (Fabré-Domergue 1888)

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Fig. 1, F

[ Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) arenicolae Fabré-Domergue, 1888 — Kahl, 1935: 677, pl. 129, fig. 30

Diagnosis: Size about 45–60µm. Conical body, wider on the front. Stalk usually measuring half the length of the body. Cylindrical nucleus, with torsion close to the peristomial region. A contractile vacuole in the anterior region. Pellicle transversely striated. Individuals found in the Arenicola polychaete gills in marine ecosystems.

Remarks: diagnosis compiled from Hensen (1911) and Kahl (1935).