Brachionus diversicornis diversicornis Daday 1883
Brachionus diversicornis diversicornis, dorsalventral view; a species with long foot, long toes with claw-like structures at the tip.
Brachionus diversicornis diversicornis, upper image: ventral view of the posterior part of the body with foot. The retractable toes have two sharp claws each. Also visible are the retracting muscles of the foot. (1). Lower image: retracted claws of a specimen from (2)
Brachionus diversicornis diversicornis, specimen from (2). Parts of the glands of the mastax are blue-green.
Brachionus diversicornis diversicornis, another specimen from (2) carrying an amictic egg.
Brachionus diversicornis diversicornis, specimen from (2); anterior part, dorsoventral view. Focus plane on the conspicuous coloration of parts of the mastax glands.
Brachionus diversicornis diversicornis, specimen from (2); Focus plane on the rim of the dorsal anterior part of the lorica. The arrowhead points to the (optical transect of the) dorsal antennna. The red eyespot is also visible.
 
 
Location: Martinsky Mlyn, Trhove Svinsky, Bohemia, Czech Republic (1;. Bourg Blanc, Brittany, France; ditch (2)
Habitat: plankton (1); between plants (2)
Date: 07.09.2015 (1); 14.08.2018 (2).
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory