| Mniobia magna, an eyeless rotifer; dorsal view, whirling. (1) In contrast to Mniobia russeola the head is less conical. |
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| Mniobia magna, head region of another specimen from (1). Focus plane on the irregular shaped upper lip. |
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| Mniobia magna, frontal view of the corona, focus plane on the trochal discs and the seta-bearing pegs. The sample from which the specimen of this image is selected has been dry since the collection date; so the specimen has survived more than one year of drought (3). |
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| Mniobia magna, ventral view of the head (angle approx. 45 degrees to the longitudinal axis), focus plane on the trochal discs and pharynx. (3) |
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| Mniobia magna, left image: foot with adhesive disc and spurs. (1); right image: foot with granulated integument and adhesive disc from specimen from (3) |
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| Mniobia magna, foot; left: focal plane on the spurs, Also the end of the intestinum (in) and the bladder (Cl) with a nephridial canal are visible. Right: adhesive disc. (1) |
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| Mniobia magna, part of the dorsal integument of the trunk (4) |
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| Mniobia magna, integument of the trunk (oil immersion; Zeiss Planapo 100x 1.4). In contrast to Mniobia russeola the surface of the integument is smooth: the pores do not have elevations. The horizontal dark stripe in the middle of the image is the shadow of the underlying transversal muscle. (4) |
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| Mniobia magna, ramate trophi with dental formula 6/6; rami length (RaL): 32± 4 µm (1). |
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| Mniobia magna, another specimen found here (5) |
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| Collection of sample (4) by courtesy of Pit Staedtler, Gevelsberg. |
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| Location (5): nature reserve NSG Unteres Odertal; BB, Germany; Bogengraben |
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| Habitat (5): Lithotelma in concrete |
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| Date (5): 19.05.2023 |
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| Location: avenue in Marina di Torre del lago P. / Tuscany/ Italy(1); ; Nature reserve, NSG Unteres Odertal, near "Teerofenbrücke" (3) ; Rittener Hütte, South Tirol, Italy; dry moss sample |
| Habitat: tree moss, together with Didymodactylos carnosus (1); moss on concrete (3); dry moss (4) |
| Date: 1.11.2012 (1); ; coll. 28.05.2019; img.: 26.07.2020 (3); coll.: 08/2020; img.: 06.10.2020 (4) |
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