Euplotes alatus Kahl, 1932

Tirjaková, Eva, Botlíková, Simona & Vďačný, Peter, 2015, Checklist and distribution of ciliates from the family Euplotidae Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in Slovakia, Central Europe, Zootaxa 3920 (2), pp. 343-365 : 350

Euplotes alatus Kahl, 1932

We consider reports of E. alatus from the territory of Slovakia to be doubtful, as this species is very likely marine ( Alekperov et al. 2006; Jiang et al. 2010a). Since there are no permanent slides or micrographs of Slovak populations of E. alatus , their identity cannot be verified and very likely represent misidentifications of E. moebiusi . According to the literature data, this species was found in sediments from a branch of the Danube near Čičov ( Matis & Tirjaková 1992) and in the eutrophic Slaná river ( Tirjaková 1997a).