Aspidiophorus microsquamatus

Length ( bottle ):
142 µm - 172 µm

Width:
35 µm - 37 µm

Width of the head ( three- lobed, Kephalion pointed ):


Width of the neck:
22 µm - 27 µm

Length of the furca:
13 µm - 14 µm

Adhessive tubes:
25% of furca

Pharyx ( dumbbell-shaped ):
34 µm - 38 µm

Diameter of the mouth ( around ):
5 µm

Dorsal scales:
40-45 rows, each with 40-45 minute petiole scales; posterior end naked;

Ventral scales:
two large terminal plates, few rows of petiole scales, otherwise naked

Oecology:
in sphagnes of a bog; in the water lily belt

Particularities:
Head set off by three-part necking