| 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 |
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| Dicranophorus secretus: dorsoventral view (1). |
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| 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). |
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| Dicranophorus secretus: lateral view of the above specimen (1). |
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| Dicranophorus secretus: swimming specimen, focus plane on the trophi (2). |
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| Dicranophorus secretus: left image: rostrum and ciliary field of the wheel organ; right image: forcipate trophi (2). |
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| Dicranophorus secretus: specimen from (3), ventral view; focus plane on the ciliary field. |
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| Dicranophorus secretus: specimen from (3), dorsoventral view. |
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| Dicranophorus secretus: same specimen, lateral view; part of the rostrum is visible (arrow). The arrowheads point to the granulated gastric glands. |
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| 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) |
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