Epistylis

Epistylis is a genus of usually colonial peritrich ciliates with a short oral disc and collar, and a rigid stalk.

[2] The rigid stalk differentiates Epistylis from the very similar genus Carchesium in which the stalks are contractile like those in Vorticella.

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