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Table 1

Species of ciliate protists categorized into FFGs according to feeding habits. The presence of FFGs in the different periods and types of environments are indicated by “X”.

FFG species Period/Type of environment

High waters Low waters


Lentic Lotic Lentic Lotic
Algivorous        
Askenasia volvox X   X X
Balanion planctonicum X X X X
Codonella cratera X X X X
Coleps spetai X   X  
Disematostoma tetraedricum X   X  
Frontonia atra X X X  
Lagynoprya acuminata X X X  
Nassulopsis elegans X      
Rimostrombidium humile X X X X
Rimostrombidium lacustris X X X X
Rimostrombidium velox     X  
Tintinnopsis cylindrata X X X X
Bacterivorous        
Aspidisca cicada X   X  
Aspidisca lynceus X   X  
Campanella umbellaria X X X  
Carchesium polypinum   X X X
Colpidium kleini X   X  
Ctedoctema acanthocryptum X   X  
Cyclidium glaucoma X X X  
Cyclidium heptatrichum X X X  
Cyrtolophosis mucicola X X X  
Dexiotricha granulosa X X    
Epistylis anastatica X      
Epistylis pigmeum X   X  
Glaucoma scintillans X      
Opercularia sp.     X  
Tetrahymena pyriformes X X X  
Vorticella convallaria X X X  
Bacterivorous/Algivorous        
Blepharisma lateritium     X  
Chilodontopsis depressa X      
Cinetochilum margaritaceum X X X  
Disematostoma buetschlii X   X  
Halteria grandinella X X X X
Holophrya ovum   X X  
Paramecium bursaria X   X  
Paramecium caudatum X      
Plagiocampa rouxi X X X  
Pleuronema crassum X      
Pseudochilodonopsis algivora X      
Pseudomicrothorax agilis X      
Spirostomum teres X X    
Stentor amethystinus X X    
Stentor muelleri X   X  
Stichotricha aculeata X   X X
Stichotricha secunda X   X X
Stokesia vernalis   X X  
Tachysoma pellionellum X   X  
Tintinnidium pusillum X X X X
Urocentrum turbo X   X  
Uroleptus rattulus X      
Urotricha furcata   X X  
Vorticella aquadulcis X X X  
Vorticella campanula X   X X
Vorticella natans     X  
Vorticella picta X      
Vorticella vernalis X   X  
Omnivorous        
Bursaria truncatella     X  
Calyptotricha lanuginosa X X X  
Climacostomum virens X      
Coleps hirtus X X X  
Dileptus margaritifer X      
Enchelys gasterosteus X X X  
Epicarchesium pectinatum     X  
Epistylis procumbens     X  
Euplotes aediculatus X   X  
Euplotes moebiusi X   X X
Frontonia acuminata X      
Frontonia leucas X X X  
Gastrotyla sp.     X  
Holophrya discolor X X X  
Holophrya teres X   X  
Lembadion bullinum X      
Lembadion lucens X X X  
Limnostrombidium viride X X X X
Linostonella vorticella X      
Litonotus alpestris     X  
Loxodes magnus X X    
Loxodes rostrum X      
Mesodinium acarus     X  
Mesodinium pulex X X X X
Metopus spp.     X X
Nassula picta X X    
Oxytricha chlorelligera X      
Oxytricha hymenostoma   X X  
Oxytricha setigera     X  
Paradileptus elephantinus X   X X
Placus luciae X X    
Platyophrya vorax     X  
Pleuronema coronatum X   X  
Sathrophilus muscorum X      
Stentor roeselii X      
Stylonychia pustulata     X  
Uronema nigricans X   X  
Urostyla grandis X   X  
Urostyla sp.     X  
Urotricha farcta X X X  
Urotricha simonsbergeri X      
Predators        
Acineria uncinata X   X  
Actinobilina smalli X   X  
Amphileptus pleurosigma X      
Didinium nasutum X X    
Enchelyodon elegans X      
Lacrymaria olor X X X  
Litonotus varsaviensis X      
Loxophyllum meleagris X      
Pelagodileptus trachelioides X      
Spathidium sensu lato X   X  
Trachelius ovum X   X  

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