| Polyarthra sp. with reduced (shortened) body. The animal was intact and all organs were present and obviously normally working. (2011) |
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| Polyarthra sp. with reduced (shortened) body. (2011) . The Nuclei at the posterior end show that this specimen is not a male. They look different. |
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| Polyarthra sp. with reduced (shortened) body (2011) . Bright field. |
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| Polyarthra sp. with reduced (shortened) body (specimen from 2012) . |
| When the first specimen was found in 2011 it was considered a mutilated or otherwise modified animal which may happen all the time. Interest arouse when nearly exact one year later I found another specimen from the same habitat which showed the same features as before . |
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| Location : Hasslinghausen / NRW, pond (1,2) |
| Habitat: Plankton (1,2) |
| Date: 1.06.2011 (1); 2.06.2012 (2) |
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