Habrotrocha serpens Donner 1949
Habrotrocha serpens; extraordinary long/thin bdelloid rotifer (length/ width ratio: 9:1).
 
Habrotrocha serpens; creeping specimen: bdelloid movement, phase of contraction; focus plane on the large undivided rostrum lamella.
 
Habrotrocha serpens; Left image: foot, ventral view. Focus plane on the 3 toes and spurs with interspace. Right image: ramate trophi with dental formula (DF): 4/4
 
 
Location : St.Pabu, Bretagne, France; dunes  
 
Habitat:dry moss on sand
 
Date: 04.05.2014
 
 
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
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