Adineta gracilis from Svalbard
Adineta cf. gracilis, very slender specimen.
Adineta gracilis, comparison of the prehensile apparatus of specimens from Central Europe (upper images,) and specimens from Svalbard (lower images, row 2&3).

 

Adineta gracilis; left image: focus plane on the dorsal side of the rostrum. Right: foot with spurs.
Adineta gracilis, this population has unambiguously 4 nuclei in the vitellarium (arrows) (4).
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Location: Ossian Sarsfjellet, James I Land, Svalbard
Habitat: moss (1)
Date: 18.10.2015
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