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Epistylis (ee-pissed-ill-iss) is a colonial peritrich ciliate, distinguished from the other genera with a similar shape (such as Zoothamnium or Carchesium) because they do not have contractile elements (spasmonemes) in their stalks, and so the cells may contract but the stalks do not. Phase contrast micrograph. This picture was taken by David Patterson and Aimlee Laderman of material collected from a freshwater Atantic white cedar swamp at Cumloden near Woods Hole in Massachusetts, USA in spring and summer, 2001. Image copyright: D. J. Patterson and Aimlee Ladermann, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

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Epistylis

From the collection Cumloden, Massachusetts, USA

Description of Epistylis: Sessile peritrich ciliate, colonial; aloricate; 3 turns of oral cilia; centrally located scopula on aboral pole of telotroch.

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Epistylis in other collections

Epistylis articulata, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Epistylis lacustris, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Epistylis plicatilis, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Epistylis rotans, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Epistylis urceolata, from Protozoan biomonitors in China
Epistylis, from Protsville	Epistylis, from Protsville drawings of freshwater protists	Epistylis galea, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Epistylis anastatica, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Epistylis anastatica, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838
Epistylis plicatilis, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Epistylis plicatilis, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Epistylis leucoa, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Epistylis leucoa, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838	Epistylis digitalis, from Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838
Epistylis, from Prawn Farm, Queensland, Australia	Epistylis, from Prawn Farm, Queensland, Australia	Epistylis, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Epistylis flavicans, from Kunstforme der Natur by Ernst Haeckel	Epistylis, from Audley Bottom
Epistylis, from Audley Bottom	Epistylis, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Epistylis, from Lake Donghu, China	Epistylis, from Lake Donghu, China

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