Species Epistylis alpestris Foissner, 1978

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• Epistylis alpestris Foissner, W. 1978. Opisthonecta bivacuolata nov. spec., Telotrochidium cylindricum nov. spec. und Epistylis alpestris nov. spec., drei neue peritriche Ciliaten aus dem Hochgebirge (Hohe Tauern, Österreich). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 81: 549–565.

Introduction

Size: not recorded; region: not recorded

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, soil dweller, symbiotic (host(s): Cherax albidus Clark, 1936 [PARASTACIDAE] White Yabby (exoskeleton); Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) [PARASTACIDAE] Redclaw (exoskeleton); Penaeus monodon Fabricus, 1798 [PENEIDAE] Giant Tiger Prawn (gills); Scylla serrata Forsskål, 1755 [PORTUNIDAE] Mud Crab, Mangrove Crab (gills); Cherax destructor (Clark, 1936) [PARASTACIDAE] Inland Yabbie (gills, pleopods); Cherax tenuimanus (Smith, 1912) [PARASTACIDAE] Marron (gill, exoskeleton); Leptodius sanguineus Edwards, 1834 [XANTHIDAE] Xanthid Crab (gills); Macrobrachium sp. [PALAEMONIDAE]; Penaeus sp. [PENAEIDAE]).

General References

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

Foissner, W., Berger, H. & Schaumburg, J. 1999. Identification and Ecology of Limnetic Plankton Ciliates. Informationsberichte des Bayerisches Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft, München 3/99: 793 pp.

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