Proalides tentaculatus De Beauchamp, 1907
Proalides tentaculatus; specimen with (amictic) egg, lateral view; focal plane on the red cerebral eyespot and the dorsal antenna.
 
Proalides tentaculatus; same specimen; focal plane on the germovitellarium with 8 nuclei. In contrast to Proalides digitus the integument of the posterior part of the trunk has several plications. (2)
 
Proalides tentaculatus; another specimen; upper image: focal plane on the intestinum which has long conspicuous cilia which insert at the exit of the stomach and at a ring in the middle of the intestinum. Lower image: detail of the intestinum. (3)
 
 
Proalides tentaculatus; malleate trophi, different focus planes. Upper images: depending on the focal plane the alulae of the rami are not visible (right image).This explains why the original drawings of De Beauchamp (1907) show the rami without alulae. Lower image: focal plane on the unci (3)
 
 
 
 
Location (2); (3): Ümminger See, Bochum-Langendreer, NRW, Germany, pond;
 
Habitat (2); (3): plankton
 
Date: 22.07. 2026 (2); 23.07.2026 (3)
 
 
 
 
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory