| Macrotrachela cf timida; whirling, dorsoventral view. Optical median section; focus plane on the interspace between the trochal columns. The angle between the planes of the trochal discs is approx. 180 degrees. (1) |
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| Macrotrachela cf timida; another specimen; especially when creeping / whirling unaffected by coverslide (this specimen was photographed in a drop with semispherical shape so it is unsharp) the (mostly swollen) rump is separated from the trunk (is it this what Milne describes as "crinoline"?) |
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| Macrotrachela cf timida; another specimen; head with lobe on upper lip. |
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| Macrotrachela cf timida; anterior part of a creeping specimen. Upper left: focus plane on the retracted trochal discs, brain and mastax; several fibers ( ?? muscles?? / ??nerves?? / ??ducts of the RCO??)run from the rostrum to the brain area.. Upper right: focus plane on the rostrum lamella. Lower images (rigt image: crop of the left): focus plane on the rostral cilia and ?? ducts/ exits of the RCO??. |
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| Macrotrachela cf timida; foot: spurs with interspace and three toes. |
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| Macrotrachela cf timida; ramate trophi with dental formula 2/2 |
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| Location: NSG Unteres Odertal, near "Teerofenbrücke" |
| Habitat: moss on concrete |
| Date: coll. 28.05.2019; img: 29.01.2020 |
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