Dicranophorus forcipatus O.F. Mueller 1786
Dicranophorus forcipatus, swimming, lateral view; specimen from (4)
 
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus, swimming, dorsoventral view. A species with small red or black eyespots (arrows)
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus, lateral view, grazing on a Spirogyra-alga. (2)
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus, the arrowheads mark (part of) the retrocerebral organ (RCO). (2)
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus; in some specimens/ populations the RCO is very pronounced. (5)
 
 
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus, the arrowhead marks one of the lateral antennas. (2)
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus, crop of the above image. (2)
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus, flame cell (part of nephridial system) near brain. (2)
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus, specimen from (3)
 
Dicranophorus forcipatus, forcipate trophi from above specimen.The arrowheads in the right image mark a epipharyngeal structure. (3)
 
 
Samples Nr. (5) courtesy of W. Bettighofer, www.protisten.de
 
 
 
 
Location: Stefansbachtal Gevelsberg, Grünes Klassenzimmer,pond (1); Sprockhövel Schee, NRW, Germany, pond (2) Crummbach, Simplon-Pass, altitude 2000m (3); Wertach b. Augsburg, BY, Germany (4); aquarium (5)
Habitat: Plankton/ between plants Iris / Sparganium (1); between algae and plants (2); lotic water between Fontinalis-moss (3); submersed moss (4); between the leafs of Taxiphyllum barbieri (5)
Datum: 04.09.2006 (1); 15.05.2008 (2) 27.05.2021 (2); coll.: 09.10.2021, img.: 21.10.2021 (2);; 11.06.2022 (4); 14.05.2023 (5)
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