| Resticula melandocus; dorsoventral view; specimen from (2) |
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| Resticula melandocus; dorsoventral view; toes at their base bulb-like. The arrowheads point to the ducts leading fron the big foot glands (right) to the tips of the toes.(2) |
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| Resticula melandocus; dorsoventral view; focal plane on the eyespots.(1) |
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| Resticula melandocus is a carnivorous rotifer. At least two trophi and one pair of eyespots of bdelloid rotifers (Rotaria sp.) are visible in the intestinum of this specimen. (1) |
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| Resticula melandocus, lateral view. The arrow points to the uncus of the trophi of a bdelloid rotifer (family Habrotrochidae) that has been swallowed by this specimen. (4) |
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| Resticula melandocus; male specimen without trophi. (2) |
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| Resticula melandocus; two aspects of the trophi. (1) |
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| Resticula melandocus; trophi, specimen from (2) |
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| Resticula melandocus; trophi, specimen from (3) |
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| Location: Stefansbachtal Gevelsberg, Grünes Klassenzimmer, pond (1);Sprockhövel Hasslinghausen Teich (2); RUB Bochum, pond (3); Filzmoos, Austria, (4) |
| Habitat: periphyton on the stonewort Nitella mucronata (1); periphyton (2,3); detritus (4) |
| Date: 24.5.2008; 06.04.2011 (2); 01.09.2013 (3) |
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