| Macrotrachela brachysoma: whirling. This morphotype looks pretty much like Macrotrachela habita, but shows some differences ( i.e. the number of nuclei in the vitellarium ; see below). |
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| Macrotrachela brachysoma: two aspects of the head of whirling specimen. Upper image: focus plane on the upper lip with two lobes. These lobes are sculptured in a characteristic way (arrowheads). Lower image: rostrum and dorsal antenna, which both are aligned vertical to the longitudinal axis of the critter. |
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| Macrotrachela brachysoma: Upper images: two aspects of the anterior part; focus plane on the rostrum of the same specimen while creeping. The appearance of the rostrum lamella may vary. Lower left image: anterior part; focus plane on the rostral cilia. Lower right: focus plane on the dorsal antenna being aligned vertical to the longitudinal axis.. |
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| Macrotrachela brachysoma: two aspects of the foot. Left: dorsoventral view, focus plane on the spurs with bulbous base; right: lateral view, the arrow points to the dorsal bump on the first foot segment. |
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| Macrotrachela brachysoma: the image of this compressed specimen suggests that this species has 4 nuclei in the vitellarium (arrowheads) |
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| Location: Villa Markisa, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia |
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Habitat: moss on pot (click image to enlarge >>>) |
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| Date: coll.: 16.03.2020; img.: 27.03.2020 |
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