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| Macrotrachela punctata Murray 1911 |
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| Macrotrachela punctata, whirling specimen. A species which has a completely granulated epidermis. Double-lobed upper lip. |
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| Macrotrachela punctata, creeping specimen. |
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| Macrotrachela punctata, focus plane on the granulated integument. It is a remarkble coincidence that the only Adineta-species (A. tuberculosa) with exactly the same granulated integument has been found in the same environment/ sample. |
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| Macrotrachela punctata, upper left image: head of another specimen from the same sample, focus plane on the upper lip; upper right image: head with rostrum and lamella. Lower left image: foot, dorsal view; lower right image: granulated foot with spurs. |
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| Location: Speikboden (altitude 2400m), Tauferer Ahrntal, South Tirol, Italy |
| Habitat: dry moss on rocks , together with A. tuberculosa, A. vaga var. rhomboidea, Pleuretra lineata, Dissotrocha scutellata |
| Date: coll. 7.10.2014, img 19.10.2014. |
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