Holosticha is a genus of littoral ciliates.
Species
The following 77 species are accepted in the genus Holosticha.
- Holosticha alpestris <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha antarctica <small>Wilbert & Song, 2008</small>
- Holosticha apodiademata <small>Wilbert & Song, 2008</small>
- Holosticha aquarum
- Holosticha arenicola <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha brachysticha <small>Foissner, Agatha & Berger, 2002</small>
- Holosticha bradburyae <small>Gong, Song, Hu, Ma & Zhu, 2001</small>
- Holosticha brevis <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha corlissi
- Holosticha coronata <small>(Vuxanovici, 1963) Buitkamp, 1977</small>
- Holosticha coronata <small>Gourret & Roeser, 1888</small>
- Holosticha crassa <small>Claparède & Lachmann, 1858</small>
- Holosticha danubialis <small>Kaltenbach, 1960</small>
- Holosticha decolor <small>Wallengren, 1900</small>
- Holosticha diademata <small>Rees, 1884</small>
- Holosticha distyla <small>Buitkamp, 1977</small>
- Holosticha dragescoi
- Holosticha estuarii
- Holosticha extensa <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha fascicola
- Holosticha flavicans <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha flavorubra
- Holosticha foissneri <small>Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995</small>
- Holosticha fontinalis <small>Lepsi, 1926</small>
- Holosticha fossicola <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha gibba <small>Stein, 1859</small>
- Holosticha gibba <small>(Müller, 1786) Wrzesniowski, 1877</small>
- Holosticha globulifera <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha gracilis <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha grisea <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha hamatula <small>Lei, Xu & Choi, 2005</small>
- Holosticha helluo
- Holosticha heterofoissneri <small>Hu & Song, 2001</small>
- Holosticha holomilnei
- Holosticha intermedia <small>Bergh, 1889</small>
- Holosticha islandica <small>Berger & Foissner, 1989</small>
- Holosticha lacteus <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha macronucleata
- Holosticha magnificus <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha manca <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha mancoidea <small>Hemberger, 1985</small>
- Holosticha marioni <small>Gourret & Roeser, 1888</small>
- Holosticha martimum <small>Wang & Nie, 1932</small>
- Holosticha micans
- Holosticha milnei <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha minima
- Holosticha mononucleata <small>Gelei, 1954</small>
- Holosticha multinucleata <small>Maupas, 1883</small>
- Holosticha muscicola <small>Gellert, 1956</small>
- Holosticha muscorum <small>(Kahl, 1932) Foissner, 1982</small>
- Holosticha muscorum <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha musculus <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha mystacea <small>(Stein, 1859)</small>
- Holosticha mystacina <small>Stein, 1859</small>
- Holosticha oblonga <small>Schewiakoff, 1893</small>
- Holosticha oculata <small>Mereschkowsky, 1877</small>
- Holosticha ovalis <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha piscis
- Holosticha polystylata <small>Borror & Wicklow, 1983</small>
- Holosticha pulchra <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha pullaster <small>(Müller, 1773) Foissner, Blatterer, Berger & Kohmann, 1991</small>
- Holosticha punctata <small>Rees, 1884</small>
- Holosticha randani
- Holosticha rhomboedrica <small>(Vuxanovici, 1963) Buitkamp, 1977</small>
- Holosticha scutellum <small>Cohn, 1866</small>
- Holosticha setifera <small>Kahl, 1932</small>
- Holosticha simplex
- Holosticha simplicis <small>Wang & Nie, 1932</small>
- Holosticha sphagni
- Holosticha spindleri <small>Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995</small>
- Holosticha stagnatilis <small>Stokes, 1891</small>
- Holosticha thiophaga <small>Kahl, 1928</small>
- Holosticha thononensis <small>Dragesco, 1966</small>
- Holosticha velox <small>Quennerstedt, 1869</small>
- Holosticha venalis <small>Stokes, 1887</small>
- Holosticha vernalis <small>Stokes, 1887</small>
- Holosticha violacea <small>Kahl, 1928</small>
- Holosticha wrzesniowskii <small>Mereschkowsky, 1877</small>
References
Further reading
- Li, Liqiong, et al. "A redescription of the marine hypotrichous ciliate, Nothoholosticha fasciola (Kahl, 1932) nov. gen., nov. comb.(Ciliophora: Urostylida) with brief notes on its cellular reorganization and SS rRNA gene sequence." European journal of protistology 45.3 (2009): 237âÂÂ248.
- Gong, Jun, et al. "Morphology and infraciliature of Holosticha bradburyae nov. spec.(Ciliophora, Hypotrichida) from the Yellow Sea, China."Hydrobiologia 464.1-3 (2001): 63âÂÂ69.