Ptygura rotifer Stenroos 1898 (Pseudoecistes rotifer)
Ptygura rotifer, in contrast to most other Ptygura species this one is also motile when adult. This species has conspicuous eyespots when adult.
 
Ptygura rotifer, dorsoventral view, focus plane on the conspicuous eyespots which do not disappear like in most other Ptygura species
 
Ptygura rotifer, malleoramate trophi
Identification courtesy of Dr. C. Jersabek (Austria) and Dr. H. Segers (Belgium)
 
Location: Wahner Heide near Cologne
Habitat: pond with with submersed mosses
Date: 13.11.2010
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory