Proales laticauda, lateral view 1 |
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Proales laticauda, lateral view 2 |
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Proales laticauda, lateral view 3 |
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Proales laticauda, dorsoventral view |
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Proales laticauda, dorsoventral view; arrowheads pointing to the broad tail. |
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Proales laticauda, dorsoventral view (brightfield) showing two refractive bodies at the rostrum (arrowheads). |
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Proales laticauda, ventral view; two images showing the ciliary field |
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Proales laticauda, compressed specimen |
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Proales laticauda, compressed specimen showing at least 6 nuclei in the vitellarium |
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Proales laticauda, 4 aspects of the trophi |
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Proales laticauda, 2 aspects of the trophi (extract from video) |
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Identification by courtesy of Dr. Chr. Jersabek >> Rotifer world catalog |
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Location: Eifel, Germany |
Habitat: Moss with mucilagenous green algae, together with: Bryceella perpusilla, Habrotrocha pusilla, Macrotrachela papillosa, M. plicata plicata, M. quadricornifera, |
Date: 23.10.2013 |
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