Scaridium longicaudum
Scaridium longicaudum, a rotifer with very long foot and even longer toes. Lateral view.
Scaridium longicaudum; foot (F) with toes (Z). Inside the foot the tranversal striated muscles are visible.
Scaridium longicaudum (2), dorsoventral view
Scaridium longicaudum (2), some parts of the mastax are colored orange-red (arrowhead). This species has no eyespot!
Scaridium longicaudum, another specimen from (3).
Location: Wahner Heide near Cologne, Germany, pond with Chara sp. and Utricularia(1) / Lech near Klosterlechfeld, Bavaria (2), pond; water reservoir Wuppertalsperre (3)
Habitat: Plankton / Periphyton (1);(2);(3)
Date: 18.10.2011 (1) / 10.8.2012 (2); 17.09.2014 (3)
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
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