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Spirotrichea: Hypotrichia: Euplotida: Aspidiscidae

 Aspidisca turrita
(Ehrenberg, 1831) Claparède & Lachmann, 1858
Photos and identification by Dirk Klos
Wasserwirtschaftsamt Kempten (Bavarian authority for water resources management), Germany

Aspidisca turrita Genus: Ovoid, firm; dorsal side convex, ventral side flattened; dorsal surface ridged; adoral zone reduced or rudimentary; macronucleus U-shaped or in two rounded parts (Kudo, 1966). No mariginal or caudal cirri; common genus (Carey, 1992).
Species:

Aspidisca turrita (Ehrenberg, 1831) Claparède & Lachmann, 1858, cell body 40 μm long , x 200, x 400, sewage plant Oy, Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 2004 by Dirk Klos
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