| Conochilus natans: lateral view. Worth mentioning is that C. natans is swimming "backwards", i.e. the foot is in front. This special movement is the result of the orientation of the cilia of the corona .(1) |
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| Conochilus natans; focus plane on the ventrally orientated lateral antennae. (1) |
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| Conochilus natans; left image: in contrast to C. dossuarius the lateral antenna is divided down to the base.(1) |
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| Conochilus natans: two aspects of the trophi. (1) |
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| Conochilus natans: swimming, dorsal view. (2) |
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| Conochilus natans: trophi, two different focus planes.(3) |
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| Conochilus natans: male specimen.(3) |
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| Conochilus natans: resting egg (3) |
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| Location: Witten/ Hammerteich (1); Ennepetal: Heilenbecker Talsperre (2); Ohligser Heide, pond (3) |
| Habitat: Plankton (1,2,3) |
| Date: 1.09.2009 (1); 13.04.2010 (2); 14.08.2016 (3) |
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