Philodina plena; whirling, dorsoventral view. The focus plane is on the upper lip which has a notch (triangle). P. plena is an eyeless species. (1) |
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Philodina plena; same specimen as above, whirling, dorsal view. Focus plane is on the rostrum. (1) |
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Philodina plena; specimen from (3), whirling, dorsal view; focus plane is on the two lobes of the upper lip, which seem to have a triangular inner structure (arroweheads). |
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Philodina plena; specimen from (3), whirling, dorsoventral view. Optical median section; focus plane is on the sensory bristles (at least two on each of the trochal discs) (3) |
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Philodina plena; egg from the same sample as above. Possibly from this species. (1) |
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Philodina plena; two aspects of the foot with spurs and 4 toes, especially recognizable in the left image.(1) |
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Philodina plena; head and trophi of a specimen from (2) |
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Philodina plena; foot of creeping specimen with 4 toes and spurs ; two different focus planes. (2) |
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Philodina plena; ramate trophi of a specimen from (2); upper image: cephalic view; dental formula (DF): 2/2. Lower image: caudal view; rami length (RaL): 15µm |
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Location: Wahner Heide, Cologne, Germany, Sphagnum pond (1); Hattingen, Berger Weg, forest edge (2); Lanildut, Bretagne, France; wall (3) |
Habitat: between moss plants (1); beech litter (Fagus sylvatica) (2); dry moss (3) |
Date: 2.01.2011 (1); 14.07.2018 (2); 08.01.2020 (3) |
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