Otostephanos monteti Milne 1916
Otostephanos monteti, swimming specimen (therefore the corona is expanded); dorsoventral view, (2)
 
Otostephanos monteti, swimming specimen (corona is expanded); ventral view, focal plane on the 3 rows of small spinules on the first neck opseudosegment (see detail in image below). (2)
 
Otostephanos monteti, lateral view, (2)
 
 
Otostephanos monteti, two aspects of the anterior part of whirling specimen, dorsoventral view. Left: Focus plane on the one-lobed upper lip (crop of the first image). Right: focus plane on the "knob" (2)
 
Otostephanos monteti, left: aspect of the anterior part of creeping specimen (corona retracted) view; in contrast to Otostephanos macrantennus this species has 3 rows of small spinules posterior of the mouth on the ventral integument of the 1st neck pseudo-segment (2). Right: another specimen from (3).
 
Otostephanos monteti, foot with triangular spurs with interspace (the last trait is also different from O. macrantennus with triangular spurs without interspace). (2)
 
Otostephanos monteti, ventral integument; contrast-enhanced image. (2)
 
Otostephanos monteti, trophi. left: cephalic view; dental formula DF: 8/8; right: caudal view; ramus lenghth (RaL): 19µm. (2)
 
 
Location (2); : Sprockhoevel-Schee, NRW, Germany; pond.
 
Habitat (2): Periphyton, between rotten leafs (2)
 
Date (2): 26.02.2021 (2)
 
 
 
Location (3); Hattingen, Wodantal, NRW, Germany; pond.
 
Habitat (3): plankton-sample with detritus
 
Date : 16.04.2018 (3)
 
 
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory