Epistylis Ehrenberg, 1830
(a genus of peritrich ciliates)

Interactions where Epistylis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
lives on COPEPODA copepods /Chromista/Ciliophora/Oligohymenophorea/Sessilida/Epistylididae/Epistylis/Epistylisa genus of peritrich ciliates Animal / epizoite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Copepoda/Copepodacopepods
lives on gill UK/Ireland Cirripedia barnacles An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral Barnacles, Rainbow, P.S., 1984
 /Chromista/Ciliophora/Oligohymenophorea/Sessilida/Epistylididae/Epistylis/Epistylisa genus of peritrich ciliates Animal / epizoiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Cirripedia/Cirripediabarnaclesgill
lives on mantle UK/Ireland Cirripedia barnacles An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral Barnacles, Rainbow, P.S., 1984
 /Chromista/Ciliophora/Oligohymenophorea/Sessilida/Epistylididae/Epistylis/Epistylisa genus of peritrich ciliates Animal / epizoiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Cirripedia/Cirripediabarnaclesmantle

Author & YearTitleSource
Rainbow, P.S., 1984An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral BarnaclesField Studies 6: 1-51.

Epistylis (a genus of peritrich ciliates) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusEpistylis (a genus of peritrich ciliates)
FamilyEPISTYLIDIDAE (a family of protozoans)
OrderSESSILIDA (an order of protozoans)
ClassOLIGOHYMENOPHOREA (a class of protozoans)
PhylumCILIOPHORA (ciliate protozoans)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Epistylis (a genus of peritrich ciliates)

Epistylis (a genus of peritrich ciliates) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Epistylis (a genus of peritrich ciliates):

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