| Philodina sp. 13 cf convergens, swimming specimen, dorsal view. Morphotype with bright orange eyespots; corona width equals head width. The specimens of this morphotype differ in some respects to the description of MURRAY (see below). |
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| Philodina sp. 13 cf convergens, feeding specimen, dorsal view; focus plane on the upper lip. |
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| Philodina sp. 13 cf convergens, swimming specimen, lateral view. |
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| Philodina sp. 13 cf convergens, aspects of the anterior part of whirling specimen. Left: focus plane on the rostrum which is bent to the distal side. Right: focus plane on the upper lip with distinct bolsters on the upper lip (crop of the above image). |
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| Philodina sp. 13 cf convergens, left: corona of whirling specimen, ventral view on the pedicels with trochal discs (TD) and trochi (Tr), buccal field (BF), cingulum pad (CP) with whiskers (W). Right; anterior part of creeping specimen, dorsoventral view; focus plane on the rostrum lamella and the ear-shaped retracted trochal discs. |
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| Philodina sp. 13 cf convergens, two aspects of the foot with blade-shaped spurs. |
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| Philodina sp. 13 cf convergens, two aspects of the ramate trophi with dental formula 2/2. Left: cephalic view; right, caudal view; rami length (RaL): 17µm. In contrast to the description of MURRAY 1908 the trophi do not show the prominent spine he mentions. |
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| Collection of samples by courtesy of Pit Staedtler, Gevelsberg. |
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| Location: Rittener Hütte, South Tirol, Italy; dry moss sample |
| Habitat: between leafs |
| Date: coll.: 08.2020; img: 13.01.2021 (4). |
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