| Macrotrachela magna; creeping size about 550µ. The cuticula seems to be far too big for this specimen. This species is very sensitive against loss of water and / or oxygen loss. Shortly after it is coverd by glass it contracts. |
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| Macrotrachela magna; whirling, focus on the upper lip with two elevations (not lobes!) |
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| Macrotrachela magna; creeping, focus on the rostrum lamella |
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| Macrotrachela magna; creeping, focus on the rostrum lamella (crop of the above image) |
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| Macrotrachela magna; trophi with 1+2/2+1 (or 1+2+1/ 1+2+1 ??) |
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| Macrotrachela magna; 3 aspects of the foot, spurs and toes (upper images: same specimen) |
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| Macrotrachela magna; another aspect of the foot. The cuticula seems far too big for this specimen |
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| Macrotrachela magna; another specimen (from 28.3.2013); Head. Two slightly different focal planes (DIC-contrast) give different impressions of the shape of the elevations on the upper lip. |
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| Does this egg belong to this species? (from the same sample) |
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| Macrotrachela magna; contracted specimen from (3), focus plane on the finely granulated integument. |
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| Macrotrachela magna; specimen from (3), trophi, cephalic view. |
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| Macrotrachela magna; specimen from (3), trophi, caudal view. The arrowheads point to the apophyses of the unci. |
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| location: Germany, Hattingen Oberstueter, (1); Griendsveen, Netherlands, sphagnum pond (3) |
| Habitat: tree moss(1); between sphagnum (3) |
| Date: 9.2.2013; 11.05.2017 |
| Identification by courtesy of Nataliia Iakovenko, University of Ostrava, Czech republic |
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