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Nassophorea: Microthoracida: Microthoracidae

Drepanomonas revoluta
Fresenius, 1858
Photos and identification by Dirk Klos
Wasserwirtschaftsamt Kempten (Bavarian authority for water resources management), Germany

Aspidisca Genus: Cytostome just behind equator, in 3rd quarter of body (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Ovoid or crescent, usually both anterior and posterior pointed; somewhat flattened with a ridged, ribbed armour; somatic cilature reduced; cytostome in a depression on the left side at the centre of the body; fibrous trichocysts (Carey, 1992).
Species: Cell body 35 μm long (Kahl, 1930).


Drepanomonas revoluta 1922, cell body 30 μm long, 13 μm wide, x 400, sewage plant Wertach, Bavaria, Germany, Jun. 2002 by Dirk Klos
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Drepanomonas revoluta


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