Asplanchna brightwelli
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Asplanchna brightwelli ( synonym Asplanchna brightwellii ) is a species of the genus Asplanchna from the tribe of rotifers (Rotatoria).
description
female
The females are 500 to 1500 µm long, have no feet and have a blistered, distended body. Their ovaries are ribbon-shaped and their gastric glands are spherical. There is a tooth on the inside of the chewing forceps. You have two small eyes .
male
The males are tiny, only live briefly and consist almost entirely of their testicles .
swell
- Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in a drop of water. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. 10th edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10807-4 .
Web links
- Aplanchna brightwellii in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved February 2, 2012
- Images of Asplanchna brightwelli