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| SINANTHERINA SOCIALIS | ||||
| Size [µm] | 1000 - 2000 | |||
| Characteristics | Mastax malleoramate. Rotary organ heart-shaped. Only foot tips in jellyish sheath. Eggs on papilla underneath the anus. 4 dark warts in the neck-region. Colonial. Free-living or sessile. | |||
| Habitate | Lakes and ponds. | |||
| To see images, please click on thumbnails below. | ||||
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920 µm in diameter. Individuals 380-460 µm, contracted 200 µm. Bright-field image. |
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920 µm in diameter. Individuals 380-460 µm, contracted 200 µm. Rheinberg illumination. |
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920 µm in diameter. Individuals 380-460 µm, contracted 200 µm. Detail of a few individuals. This capture published in "Integrative Animal Biology" (Fig. 3.27C). |
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920 µm in diameter. Individuals 380-460 µm, contracted 200 µm. Note the nice ciliar apparatus. |
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| General informations from: H Streble and D Krauter: Das Leben im Wassertropfen. 8th edition, Frankh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1988 | ||||
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