Testudinella patina Herrmann 1783
Testudinella patina, dorsoventral view; specimen from (2).
 
 
Testudinella patina, dorsoventral view; specimen from (2), foot retracted.
 
Testudinella patina, crop of the above image: transversely striated retractor muscles. (1)
 
Testudinella patina, this image of a specimen with head/ corona retracted into the lorica and slightly compressed by coverslide shows the (openings of the) lateral antennas (arrowheads). Also visible are the two red eyespots and the trophi. (5)
 
Testudinella patina, contracted specimen. (3)
 
Testudinella patina, foot. Testudinella is the only rotifer genus with cilia on the posterior end of the foot. (4)
 
Testudinella patina, foot. malleoramate trophi from specimen from (5)
 
 
 
 
Location (5): Haselbecke,Felderbachtal, Hattingen, NRW, Germany, pond
 
Habitat (5): plankton
 
Date (5): 29.12.2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Location: Wahner Heide near Cologne, Germany, ditch, (1); Hattingen, Wodantal, pond (2); Water reservoir Heilenbecker Talsperre (3); Hattingen Oberstüter, garden pond (4)
Habitat: plankton/ between algae (1;2;3); between algae (4);
Date: 02.06.2010 (1); 22.05.2015 (2); 01.03.2012 (3); 21.10. 2012 (4)
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory