Cochliopodium vestitum, a species with a flexible cuticle covered with tiny scales. Visible are also the short spines. The spines separate this species from Cochliopodium bilimbosum which is lacking the spines. (3) |
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Cochliopodium vestitum, same specimen as above, focus plane on the scales. |
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Cochliopodium vestitum, specimen from (3), floating form. |
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Cochliopodium vestitum, another specimen from (1) with focus on the spines. |
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Cochliopodium vestitum, specimen from (2), |
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Cochliopodium vestitum, another specimen from (2), |
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Cochliopodium vestitum, specimen from (1). |
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Cochliopodium vestitum, two aspects of the shell. The lower image shows that the shell is composed out of small umbrella-shaped scales. Perhaps the scales have been the models for the "Supertrees" at the "Gardens by the Bay", Singapore. (3) |
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Cochliopodium vestitum, specimen from (4) |
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Location: Simmelried near Konstanz, Bodensee, Sphagnum pond (1);(3); Wahner Heider near Cologne (2); NSG Heiliges Meer, Großes Heiliges Meer (4) |
Habitat : Periphyton (1);(2); (3); on artificially exposed microslides (4) |
Datum: 16.08.2009 (1); 16.11.2011 (2); 6.10.2017 (3); coll.: 28.04.2019; img.: 07.05.2019 |
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