| Philodina vorax, an eyeless species, whirling, ventral side, specimen from 31.12.2010. (1)
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| Philodina vorax, two aspects of the foot with spurs and toes from above specimen. The spurs seem to be covered with a fold of the integument. |
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| Philodina vorax, whirling, dorsal view, another specimen from same sample (2.01.2011) (2) |
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| Philodina vorax, whirling, head of same specimen, focus plane on the notched upper lip. (2) |
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| Philodina vorax, left image: foot with spurs and 4 toes from above specimen (2). Right image: foot with spurs and 4 toes of specimen (3) captured below. The spurs show the characteristic bend at the margin of the cuticular base (arrowheads) . |
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| Philodina vorax, specimen from Mte Perone, Elba (3) |
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| Philodina vorax, another morphotype with different upper lip; more on this Philodina-morphytype here>>> (4) |
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| Philodina vorax, left: foot of specimen from Chile (5); right; foot of specimen from (9) |
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| Philodina vorax, specimen from (6); lateral view. |
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| Philodina vorax, crop of the above image (6) |
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| Philodina vorax, ramate trophi with dental formula (DF) 2+1/1+2. |
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| Philodina vorax, head of specimen from (9); focus plane on the notched upper lip |
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| Philodina vorax;, specimen infested by parasites (8) |
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| Philodina vorax;, same specimen as above, slightly compressed by coverslide. Focus plane on the parasites (8) |
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| Philodina vorax;, frontal view of specimen from (10) |
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| Location (9): nature reserve NSG Unteres Odertal; BB, Germany; Mummertgraben, footpath, puddle |
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| Habitat (9):between algae |
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| Date (9): 15.05.2023 |
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| Location: (1) Germany; nature reserve Elmpt; sphagnum pond; (3) Mte. Perone, Elba, Tuscany, Italia (3); Anhausen, Bavaria, bridge (4); Hattingen, An der Honte, wall (6); Hattingen-Oberstüter, NRW, Germany (8); Zuiderlaan, Hollum, Ameland, NL, church yard (9) |
Habitat: sphagnum (1); Tree moss (3); dry moss on concrete, high sun exposition, together with Pleuretra lineata and Otostephanos torquatus (4). dry moss on wall (6); sun-exposed moss on roof (8); moss on stone (9);
P. vorax seems to be a desiccation-resistant species |
| Date: 31.12.2010 (1); 02.01.2011 (2) ; 16.09.2013 (3); coll. 29.09.2013 (img: 05.10.2013) (4); 03.07.2018 (6); 04.07.2020 (8); 09.10.2015 (9) |
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