| Testudinella incisa. A shot from the frontal view would show the v-shaped outline of the transect, but this image from a swimming specimen gives at least an impression of the backwards bent "wings" of the lorica. |
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| Testudinella incisa, dorsoventral view. The two eyespots and the retractor muscles are visible |
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| Testudinella incisa, foot. Testudinella is the only rotifer genus with cilia on the tip of the foot (arrowhead). |
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| Testudinella incisa, two aspects of the anterior part of the lorica of a partly macerated specimen. Upper image: dorsal side; lower image: ventral side. |
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| Testudinella incisa, specimen from (2) |
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| Testudinella incisa, trophi from specimen from (2) |
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| Location: Hattingen Felderbachtal Germany, pond (1); Wahner Heide, Cologne; trench with Sphagnum sp. |
| Habitat: plankton sample with some detritus (1); periphyton (2) |
| Date: 21.09.2014 (1); 17.04.2017 (2) |
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