Notommata contorta STOKES 1897
Notommata contorta; specimen from (6), lateral view.
 
Notommata contorta; another specimen from (2), lateral view with focal plane (optical median section) on dorsal antenta (DA). The ciliary field (bar) measures about one third of the total body length. (2)
 
Notommata contorta: sensory organs. Notommata contorta has two dorsal antennas; the upper image shows the left dorsal antenna; the image in the middle shows the right one. Also visibe are the crystals in the RCO. The lower image shows the right lateral antenna. (6)
 
Notommata contorta: lateral view; specimen from (4).
 
Notommata contorta: virgate trophi; different focus planes. (6)
 
Notommata contorta: lateral view; specimen with resting egg (7).
 
Notommata contorta: resting egg with sculptured shell. Also visible are the cilia of the right lateral antenna (7).
 
Notommata contorta: with conspicuous transversal folds behind the ciliary field (1)
 
 
Sample (6) courtesy of Dr. Martin Kreutz, Konstanz.
 
 
Location: Stefansbachtal Gevelsberg, Grünes Klassenzimmer pond (1); Bargerveen/nature reserve Bourtange, Sphagnum pond (2); NSG Heiliges Meer, NRW; Germany; Futter-Kolk (4); Simmelried near Konstanz, BW, Germany; Sphagnum pond (6); Stang-Alar; Botanical Garden, Brest; Brittany, France (7)
Habitat: Plankton / Periphyton (1); Sphagnum (2); Detritus (4); psammon (6); (7)
Date: 31.8.08 (1); 11.11.2012 (2); 06.04.2018 (4) ; 23.07.2021 (6) ; 23.08.2021 (7)
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
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