Aspidiophorus microlepidotus

Length ( bottle ):
250 µm - 300 µm

Width:
60 µm - 70 µm

Width of the head ( five-lobed ):


µm

Length of the furca:
20 µm - 25 µm

Adhessive tubes:


Pharyx ( cylindrical ):
80 µm

Diameter of the mouth:
unknown

Dorsal scales:
50 rows of 120 tiny peduncle scales each; 4 short spines at the posterior end

Oecology:
very rare, mud dweller

Similar species:
distinctive, because of the high number of scales

Particularities:
highest number of scales in Aspidiophorus; egg diameter 120µm