| Chaetogaster sp., dorsoventral view (darkfield) (1) |
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| Chaetogaster sp., same specimen, oblique illumination. (1) |
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| Chaetogaster sp., lateral view. In contrast to other oligochaetes like Stylaria lacustris or Vejdovskyella sp. this species has no dorsal, but only ventral bristles. (1) |
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| Chaetogaster sp., two aspects of the anterior part; upper image: extended, lower : somewhat contracted. |
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| Chaetogaster sp., focus plane on the bristles which are divided at the tips. |
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| Chaetogaster sp. is able to reproduce by constriction (arrowheads). Here the fission is nearly complete. (15.5.2011) |
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| Chaetogaster sp. is able to reproduce by constriction (arrowheads). Here after division. |
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| Chaetogaster sp. is a predator of microinvertebrates. The arrowheads point to a nematode in the stomach of Chaetogaster |
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| Chaetogaster sp. Here a Lecane sp. (left) and a Lepadella sp. (right) rotifer have been engulfed by Chaetogaster. |
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| Fundort: Gevelsberg, Stafansbachtal, Grünes Klassenzimmer , Teich (1); NSG Heiliges Meer, Heideweiher (2) |
| Substrat: Detritus (1); (2) |
| Datum: 1.06.2007 (1); 15.5.2011 (2) |
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