Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) oculifer Kisielewski 1981
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Description
Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) cf. oculifer Kisielewski, 1981
Localities. A pond near Galt Creek, Puslinch district.
Material. 1 specimen.
Very small and stocky specimen, 80–85 µm in total body length. Head five-lobed with two pairs of sensory ciliary tufts. Two pairs of ocellar granules present. Head 23–25 µm wide.
Seven to eight dorsal columns, each with 20–23 strongly curved spines 6–7 µm in length. Spines only marginally increase in size towards the posterior end. Pharynx 25 µm in length, with weak terminal swellings.
This specimen is very similar to Chaetonotus (C.) oculifer Kisielewski, 1981 and also to Chaetonotus (C.) oculatus Schwank, 1990. However, since the shape of the scales could not be distinguished a definite identification was not possible. Chaetonotus (C.) splendidus Preobrajenskaja, 1926 has many more spines and a head wider than the trunk.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kisielewski
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Gastrotricha
- Order
- Chaetonotida
- Family
- Chaetonotidae
- Genus
- Chaetonotus
- Species
- oculifer
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) oculifer Kisielewski, 1981 sec. Schwank & Kånneby, 2014
References
- Kisielewski, J. (1981) Gastrotricha from raised and transitional peat bogs in Poland. Monografie Fauny Polski, 11. Polska Akademia Nauk, Warszawa, 143 pp.
- Schwank, P. (1990) Gastrotricha. In: Schwoerbel, J. & Zwick, P. (Eds.), Sußwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Band 3. Gastrotricha und Nemertini. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Jena, New York, pp. 1 - 252.
- Preobrajenskaja, E. N. (1926) Zur Verbreitung der Gastrotrichen in den Gewassern der Umgebung von Kossino. Arbeiten der Biologischen Station zu Kossino (Moskau), 4, 3 - 14.