Aspidiophorus bibulbosus

Length ( bottle ):
128 µm - 145 µm

Width:
31 µm - 33 µm

Width of the head ( weakly five lobed ):
25 µm - 28 µm

Width of the neck:
19 µm - 22 µm

Length of the furca:
14 µm - 17 µm

Adhessive tubes (thin):
50% of furca

Pharyx ( dumbbell-shaped ):
25 µm - 31 µm

Diameter of the mouth ( annular ):
3 µm

Dorsal scales:
23 rows of 40-42 small peduncle scales (2-3 µm) each; peduncles 0.5 µm; shape of end plates undescribed

Ventral scales:
8-9 rows of small petiole scales; no terminal plates; neck region naked.

Oecology:
Mud dweller; detected in Poland

Similar species:
A. polonicus : ventral intermediate field different

Particularities:
small, nimble shape