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Epistylis (ee-pissed-ill-iss) is a colonial peritrich ciliate, distinguished from the other genera with a similar shape (such as Zoothamnium or Carchesium) because they do not have contractile elements (spasmonemes) in their stalks, and so the cells may contract but the stalks do not. Oral region of this species is narrowed, and the oral ciliature is shown clearly. Phase contrast micrograph.