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FIGURE 1 in Key to the currently recognized species of Limnias Schrank, 1803 (Rotifera, Monogononta, Gnesiotrocha, Flosculariidae)

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FIGURE 1. Representative morphology of two species of Limnias. (A) Limnias melicerta in ventral view. (NB: Ventral antennae on the opposite side obscured.) Inset: Region of dorsal nodules: (3 rows: 2,3,2). (B) L. melicerta in 3/4th ventral view. (C) Limnias ceratophylli in 3/4th ventral view. Symbols: a = algae and debris; b = adult body; c = corona; dn = dorsal nodules; e = amictic embryo; f = foot; rt = ringed tube; s = substratum; st = stucco-like tube (with adhering epiphytes and debris); va = ventral antennae; bars ~100 µm. (Photomicrographs B and C are courtesy of Michael Plewka.)

Notes

Published as part of Wallace, Robert Lee, Kordbacheh, Azar & Walsh, Elizabeth J., 2018, Key to the currently recognized species of Limnias Schrank, 1803 (Rotifera, Monogononta, Gnesiotrocha, Flosculariidae), pp. 307-318 in Zootaxa 4442 (2) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1303168

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