Table 2 in Redescriptions of Euplotes encysticus and E. rariseta (Protist: Ciliophora: Euplotida)

Table 2. Comparison of morphologically similar Euplotes species. AM, adoral membranelles; FVC, frontoventral cirri; TC, transverse cirri; MC, marginal cirri; CC, caudal cirri; DK, dorsal kinety; DDK, dikinetids in mid-DK; n, number.
CharacteristicsE. orientalisE. patabalteatusE. petziE. roscoffensisE. sinicusE. trisulcatusCell size in vivo (μm) AM(n) FVC (n)35-45 18-25 830-35 19-23 1043-50×30-37 30-33 1060-70×35-44 40-50 -65-92×37-62 38-46 1035-50×25-40 25-36 -TC (n)555--MC (n)222--CC (n)222--DK(n)6-76-75-6?77DDK (n)6-88-119-10?11-167-10Macronuclear shapeC-shapedCurved-bar-shapedHook-shapedC-shapedC-shaped or curved-bar shapedC-shapedReferencesJiang et al.(2010b)Jiang et al.(2010a)Giuseppr et al. (2014)Dragesco(1966)Jiang et al.(2010a)Carter(1972)