Stephanceros fimbriatus, a rotifer with a beautiful corona. |
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Stephanceros fimbriatus, same specimen from above image. This rotifer lives in a mucilagineous sheath that is secreted by the integument. |
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Stephanceros fimbriatus; the food spectrum comprises small metazoans, for example hairybacks. In this image a hairyback (Gastrotrich) of the genus Chaetonotus is captured in the stomach (arrow). |
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Stephanceros fimbriatus; specimen from (2) |
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Stephanceros fimbriatus; same specimen, focus plane on the proventriculus and stomach. (2) |
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Collection of sample (2) courtesy of Uli Drabiniok |
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Location: Wiedenbrück, pond (1); Nature reserve NSG Heiliges Meer, NRW, Germany, pond: Kleinweiher "Üffings Wiese" (location 16) (2); |
Habitat: Epibiontic on Ceratophyllum sp. (1); plankton with detritus/ algae, together with Notommata cerberus and Lecane mira (2) |
Date: 06.06.2008 (1); 16.11.2021 (2) |
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