Description of Epistylis camprubii n. sp., a Species Highly Tolerant to Ammonium and Nitrite Author Canals, Oriol Laboratory of Protistology, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain vado@ub.edu. Author Salvadó, Humbert Laboratory of Protistology, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ocanalsd@gmail.com text Acta Protozoologica 2016 2016-12-31 55 1 7 18 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b9aaebf6-1837-3a64-8707-150ff4b05d37/ journal article 10.4467/16890027AP.16.002.4043 e538746a-dd85-424d-931e-3536e2d41d76 1689-0027 8356873

Table 3a. Comparison between Epistylis camprubii and the other Epistylis species mentioned in the manuscript: characteristics of zooid and persitome.

Species	Body lenght in vivo (µm)	Body width in vivo (µm)	Zooid shape	Peristomial disc diameter in vivo (µm)	Peristomial disc shape	Peristomial lip height in vivo (µm)	Peristomial lip width in vivo (µm)	Number of peristomial lips	Data source
Epistylis camprubii	35.3–98.1	18.0–65.2	Vase-shaped	11.2–21.3	Rounded, pointed, rarely umbilicated	5.0–10.6	16.2–31.7	1	Present manuscript
E. balatonica	90–100	45–55	Vase-shaped	–	–	–	–	2	Stiller 1971
E. chrysemydis	120–220	60–110	Vase-shaped	–	Umbilicated	–	50–80	2	Foissner et al. 1992
E. coronata	70–120	–	Vase-shaped	–	Slightly umbilicated and oblique	–	32–65	1	Foissner et al. 1992
E. entzii	125–190	80	Cylindrical	–	Convex, slightly oblique	–	–	1	Foissner et al. 1992
E. epistyliformis	43–62	20–27	Vase-shaped	–	Convex, sometimes – conical		–	1	Stiller 1971
E. hentscheli	110–170	38–60	Asymmetric and bell-shaped, narrowed down to the stem	–	Convex, slightly oblique	–	–	1	Foissner et al. 1992
E. plicatilis	90–160	25–50	Funnel-shaped	–	Not umbilicated	–	36–60	1	Foissner et al. 1992
E. rotans / E. procumbens	60–140	2–2½ times as long as wide	Irregular (sigmoidal – shape, bent at right		Flat or slightly convex, slightly	–	–	1	Foissner et al. 1999
			angles, slightly tilted backwards)		oblique
E. rotans	70–100	–	Vase-shaped	–	Arched	–	–	1	Curds 1969
E. thienemanni	67–120	–	Vase-shaped	–	Conical	–	–	1	Stiller 1971
E. variabilis	50–100	–	Funnel-shaped	–	Slightly convex and obliquely protuberant	–	–	1	Stiller 1971