Extended Observation Descriptions
Extended Observation Description on Ptygura longicornis
Ptygura longicornis (Davis, 1867)
Ptygura longicornis in a Freshwater Aquarium
Ptygura longicornis on a moss filament (Drepanocladus aduncus).
On the moss filament, Ptygura longicornis was found attached to its axils.
Fig. 1: Mucilaginous sheath (arrow), corona (double arrowhead), lateral (ventral) antennae (arrowhead), showing clearly one of the numerous and very long setae attached to the tip (piston) of an antenna (double headed arrow).
Scale bar indicates 100 µm.
Fig. 2: Ptygura longicornis showing rotating corona (left) and the animal half retracted into its sheath (right), the antennae are already extended.
Scale bar indicates 100 µm.
Sessile rotifers only have eyespots in the volatile non-sedentary stage. When they have attached themselves firmly to the substrate and built their mucilaginous sheath, the no longer needed eyespots degenerate. The animal shown in Fig. 1 and 2 had not been attached for long, it still had one eyespot.
Fig. 3: Fully unfolded corona (double arrowhead), one remaining eyespot, both lateral/ventral antennae (arrowhead) are visible, the lower one is very much shortened in perspective, while the upper one is almost perpendicular to the direction of photography. Many setae are shown in optical section (double headed arrow), also the piston (arrow), showing that the setae also run inside the antennae. Although the setae are significantly longer than the retracted body, they are fully retractable! They are likely to be coiled up in the body when retracted.
Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
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