Holosticha is a genus of littoral ciliates.
Species The following 77 species are accepted in the genus Holosticha.
Holosticha alpestris Kahl, 1932 Holosticha antarctica Wilbert & Song, 2008 Holosticha apodiademata Wilbert & Song, 2008 Holosticha aquarum Holosticha arenicola Kahl, 1932 Holosticha brachysticha Foissner, Agatha & Berger, 2002 Holosticha bradburyae Gong, Song, Hu, Ma & Zhu, 2001 Holosticha brevis Kahl, 1932 Holosticha corlissi Holosticha coronata (Vuxanovici, 1963) Buitkamp, 1977 Holosticha coronata Gourret & Roeser, 1888 Holosticha crassa Claparède & Lachmann, 1858 Holosticha danubialis Kaltenbach, 1960 Holosticha decolor Wallengren, 1900 Holosticha diademata Rees, 1884 Holosticha distyla Buitkamp, 1977 Holosticha dragescoi Holosticha estuarii Holosticha extensa Kahl, 1932 Holosticha fascicola Holosticha flavicans Kahl, 1932 Holosticha flavorubra Holosticha foissneri Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995 Holosticha fontinalis Lepsi, 1926 Holosticha fossicola Kahl, 1932 Holosticha gibba Stein, 1859 Holosticha gibba (Müller, 1786) Wrzesniowski, 1877 Holosticha globulifera Kahl, 1932 Holosticha gracilis Kahl, 1932 Holosticha grisea Kahl, 1932 Holosticha hamatula Lei, Xu & Choi, 2005 Holosticha helluo Holosticha heterofoissneri Hu & Song, 2001 Holosticha holomilnei Holosticha intermedia Bergh, 1889 Holosticha islandica Berger & Foissner, 1989 Holosticha lacteus Kahl, 1932 Holosticha macronucleata Holosticha magnificus Kahl, 1932 Holosticha manca Kahl, 1932 Holosticha mancoidea Hemberger, 1985 Holosticha marioni Gourret & Roeser, 1888 Holosticha martimum Wang & Nie, 1932 Holosticha micans Holosticha milnei Kahl, 1932 Holosticha minima Holosticha mononucleata Gelei, 1954 Holosticha multinucleata Maupas, 1883 Holosticha muscicola Gellert, 1956 Holosticha muscorum (Kahl, 1932) Foissner, 1982 Holosticha muscorum Kahl, 1932 Holosticha musculus Kahl, 1932 Holosticha mystacea (Stein, 1859) Holosticha mystacina Stein, 1859 Holosticha oblonga Schewiakoff, 1893 Holosticha oculata Mereschkowsky, 1877 Holosticha ovalis Kahl, 1932 Holosticha piscis Holosticha polystylata Borror & Wicklow, 1983 Holosticha pulchra Kahl, 1932 Holosticha pullaster (Müller, 1773) Foissner, Blatterer, Berger & Kohmann, 1991 Holosticha punctata Rees, 1884 Holosticha randani Holosticha rhomboedrica (Vuxanovici, 1963) Buitkamp, 1977 Holosticha scutellum Cohn, 1866 Holosticha setifera Kahl, 1932 Holosticha simplex Holosticha simplicis Wang & Nie, 1932 Holosticha sphagni Holosticha spindleri Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995 Holosticha stagnatilis Stokes, 1891 Holosticha thiophaga Kahl, 1928 Holosticha thononensis Dragesco, 1966 Holosticha velox Quennerstedt, 1869 Holosticha venalis Stokes, 1887 Holosticha vernalis Stokes, 1887 Holosticha violacea Kahl, 1928 Holosticha wrzesniowskii Mereschkowsky, 1877
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): 237–248. Gong, Jun, et al. "Morphology and infraciliature of Holosticha bradburyae nov. spec.(Ciliophora, Hypotrichida) from the Yellow Sea, China."Hydrobiologia 464.1-3 (2001): 63–69.