Dicranophorus secretus Donner 1951
Dicranophorus secretus: lateral view; creeping on the diatom Melosira (1). D. secretus is a predator of other rotifers: in the stomach a Lecane rotifer with its red eyespot is visible
Dicranophorus secretus: dorsoventral view (1).
Dicranophorus secretus: dorsoventral view, focus plane on the ciliary field. D. secretus has inward bent toes which may lead to confuse this species with Aspelta circinator which has similar toes. (1).
Dicranophorus secretus: lateral view of the above specimen (1).
Dicranophorus secretus: swimming specimen, focus plane on the trophi (2).
Dicranophorus secretus: left image: rostrum and ciliary field of the wheel organ; right image: forcipate trophi (2).
Dicranophorus secretus: specimen from (3), ventral view; focus plane on the ciliary field.
Dicranophorus secretus: specimen from (3), dorsoventral view.
Dicranophorus secretus: same specimen, lateral view; part of the rostrum is visible (arrow). The arrowheads point to the granulated gastric glands.
 
 
Location: Herdecke, Harkortsee (1); Ruhr-Uni-Bochum, pond (2); Mindelsee/ Bodanrück (3);
Habitat: Plankton (1,3); Periphyton (2)
Date: 22.10.06 (1) 3.10.2008 (2); 27.09.2017 (3)
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory