| Cephalodella forficula, lateral view. The habitus of this species is quite similar to Cephalodella stenroosi, but C. forficula has a frontal eyespot and several spicules (arrowheads) on the dorsally bent toes (see also images below). (4) |
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| Cephalodella forficula sometimes builts tubes out of detritus (marked by small triangles) which may inhabit several specimens (large triangles). (2) |
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| Cephalodella forficula, lateral view of specimen from (1) |
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| Cephalodella forficula, dorsal view. The toes are splayed out in a typical position rectangular to the body axis. The two frontal eyespots with a single lens are visible. (1) |
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| Cephalodella forficula, same specimen, dorsoventral view, swimming. (1) |
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| Cephalodella forficula, left: crop of the above image showing the head with frontal eyespots and lens (1). Right: spicule rows on the toes of a macerated specimen from (4). Own observations show that the anterior row may have 2-4 spicules (arrowheads), whereas the posterior location has only a single spicule (arrows). |
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| Cephalodella forficula, frontal view of a compressed specimen. Detail of the eyespots and the lens (4) |
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| Cephalodella forficula; the arrowheads point to the dorsal anterior transverse row of (2 to 4; not all of them are in focus in this image) spicules; the arrows point to the posterior single larger spine. This is in contrast to Cephalodella stenroosi, which has similar dorsally bent toes, but only a single dorsal spicule. (2) |
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| Cephalodella forficula, lateral view, specimen from (3). |
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| Cephalodella forficula, specimen from (2), trophus Type D, dorsoventral view. |
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| Location: Gevelsberg, Grünes Klassenzimmer (pond)(1); (2); Hammerteich, Witten (3); Hattingen, Oberstüter; garden pond (4) |
| Habitat: between rotten leafs and plants (here: Nitella mucronata) (1); detritus (2); plankton (3); between algae (Spirogyra); feeding on Euglenoids (Phacus, Euglena) (4) |
| Date: 1.11.2005 (1); (02.11. 2007 (2); 13.04.2014 (2); 21.02.2021 (4) |
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