Aspidiophorus pori

Length ( bottle ):
141 µm - 147 µm

Width:


Width of the head ( five-lobed, pointed cephalion ):
? µm

µm

Length of the furca:
16 µm

Adhessive tubes (tapered, claws):
50% of furca

Pharyx ( cylindrical with slight swellings ):
37 µm

Diameter of the mouth ( around ):
7 µm

Dorsal scales:
53 petiole scales (3 µm) per row; 3 pairs of spines at outer base of toes (20-22 µm).

Ventral scales:
Ventral intercilliary field very many petiole scales; a pair of terminal spines (8-10 µm) and many shorter spines protruding into the toe cutout.

Oecology:
Mud dweller

Similar species:
well demarcated by claws and spines

Particularities:
Claws on the adhesive tubes