Dicranophorus hercules Wieszniewski, 1932

Dicranophorus hercules: dorsoventral view; focus plane on the lobed rostrum and the two red eyespots. The foot has 2 pseudosegments.

 
Dicranophorus hercules:: lateral view. (1)
 
Dicranophorus hercules: two aspects of the anterior part. Left: dorsoventral view, optical transect; focal plane on the red eyespots with light-refracting structures. Also part of the forcipate trophi are visible. Right: ventral view; focal plane on the ventral ciliary field. (1)
 
Dicranophorus hercules: left image: forcipate trophi; rami with spine-shaped alulae. The inner margins of the rami have ≈8 acute teeth of similar size. Right image: focus plane on the manubria with chamber (Cha) and lamella (La). Images not to scale. (1)
 
 
 
Location (1): Harkort-See, Wetter, EN-Kreis, NRW, Germany
 
Habitat (3): plankton/detritus ?feces of birds?
 
Date: 09.04.2026 (1)
 
 
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