Cephalodella auriculata Mueller, 1773
Cephalodella auriculata, species with cerebral eyespot and short toes (total length vs toe length = 5:1); lateral view, adult specimen from (4).
 
Cephalodella auriculata, dorsoventral view of specimen from (1)
 
Cephalodella auriculata, lateral view, young specimen from (6).
 
Cephalodella auriculata, left: lateral view, feeds mainly on small algae, the cells of which are opened with the tweezer-like trophi. Right: same specimen after deposition of an amictic egg. (2)
 
Cephalodella auriculata, left: dorsoventral view of a specimen from (3), focus plane on the 4 caudal bristles. Right: another specimen from the same sample, lateral view.
 
Cephalodella auriculata, virgate trophi; trophi type A. Left: dorsoventral view (6); right: lateral view (3).
 
 
 
 
Location (6): nature reserve NSG Unteres Odertal; BB, Germany; Mummertgraben, footpath, puddle
 
Habitat (6):between algae
 
Date (6): 15.05.2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
Location: Gevelsberg, GruKlaZi, pond (1); Sprockhövel, IG-Metall-Bildungszentrum, pond (2); Recker Moor, ditch with Sphagnum (3); NSG Schwalm-Nette, pond with Utricularia sp. (4)
Habitat: periphyton, plankton (2); periphyton (3), (4)
Date: 17.03.2007 (1); 16.03.2007 (2); 20.06.2018 (3); 18.09.2011 (4)
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory