Aspidiophorus tatraensis
180 µm
Width:
25 µm
Width of the head ( trilobed ):
25 µm
Width of the neck:
25 µm µm
Length of the furca:
12 µm
Adhessive tubes (Very thin):
66% of furca
Pharyx ( cylindrical ):
35 µm - 40 µm
Diameter of the mouth ( around ):
unknown
Dorsal scales:
15-20 rows of 38-40 very small peduncle scales each; endplates very delicate and unkeeled (2.5-3 µm); strongly bent peduncles -> scales protrude like bristles
Ventral scales:
Ventral intercilliary field 9-10 rows keels; anteriorly mostly naked; no terminal plates.
Oecology:
creek
Similar species:
well demarcated by protruding scales
Particularities:
protruding scales; body cylindrical
(Kisielewski, 1986)