Cephalodella tenuiseta Burn, 1890
Cephalodella tenuiseta, lateral view; specimen wih ?resting? egg. This Cephalodella-species is eyeless. The toes are bent dorsally and are unambiguously shorter (total length : toe length ≈ 4:1) than those of Cephalodella gigantea (total length : toe length ≈ 2:1. (2)
 
Cephalodella tenuiseta, virgate trophi; type D. Upper image: dosoventral view, focus plane on the rami which are dentated at the anterior inner margins. Lower image: focus plane on the right manubrium, which is different from the ones of Cephalodella gigantea. (2)
 
 
Cephalodella tenuiseta, another specimen from (1)
 
Samples courtesy of Dr. Martin Kreutz, realmicrolife.
 
 
 
Location (1); (2): Simmelried near Konstanz, BW, Germany, pond
 
Habitat (1); (2) : in the boundary layer betwen the water and the anoxic mud (upper 10cm of the mud)
 
Date : coll. 07/2022; img.: 17.07.2021 (1); coll. 11/2022; img.: 07.11.2022 (2)
 
 
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