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 2. Minimum (Min) and maximum values (Max) of the main physicochemical parameters in which Epistylis camprubii was observed, and comparison with available ecological data of other Epistylis species.

	Epistylis camprubii	E. chrysemydis	E. coronata	E. hentscheli	E. plicatilis	E. rotans / E. procumbens
	Min–Max	Min–Max	Min–Max	Min–Max	Min–Max	Min–Max
Soluble Chemical Oxygen Demand (mg·L–1)	53.8–415.3	–	–	–	–	–
Ammonium (N-NH +, mg·L–1) 4	0.54–491	2.1 – 5.9	0 – 1.6	0 – 1.9	0 – 27	0 – 0.018
Free ammonia (N-NH, mg·L–1) 3	0.024–18.01	–	–	–	–	–
Nitrites (N-NO –, mg·L–1) 2	0–572.1	0.1 – 0.8	–	–	0 – 61	–
Free nitrous acid (N-HNO, mg·L–1) 2	0.00013–0.47	–	–	–	–	–
Nitrates (N-NO –, mg·L–1) 3	0–321	1.5 – 4.2	–	–	0.14 – 52	–
Temperature (°C)	22.6–33.6	10 – 35	2 – 12	2 – 32	6.6 – 32	6 – 23
pH	6.3–8.66	7.0 – 8.6	7.2 – 7.6	7.0 – 8.6	4.7 – 8.5	7.2 – 7.8