Aspidiophorus heterodermus levantinensis

Length ( bottle ):
136 µm - 171 µm

Width:


Width of the head ( three lobed ):
17 µm - 18.5 µm

µm

Length of the furca:
20 µm

Adhessive tubes:
50% of furca

Pharyx:
32 µm - 36 µm

Diameter of the mouth ( around ):
5.5 - 8.5 µm

Dorsal scales:
rhombic petiole scales (3µm long), 41-42 per row, last row in middle with spines (9-14µm), laterally at base of toes a pair of long spines (16-18µm), sometimes with another pair of spines or elongated scales

Ventral scales:
Interciliary field with a pair of terminal spines; very many minute keels

Oecology:
Mud dweller

Similar species:
A. (h. ) heterodermus

Particularities:
Kephalion free standing on the edge