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Haltidytes saltitans

  • Order: CHAETONOTIDA Remane, 1925
    • Suborder: PAUCITUBULATINA d'Hondt, 1971
      • Family: DASYDYTIDAE Daday, 1905
        • Subfamily:
          • Genus: Haltidytes Remane, 1936
            • Species: saltitans Stockes, 1887
scetch
(after (Voigt, 1909))
Length ( bottle ):
83 µm - 85 µm

Width:
30 µm - 32 µm

Width of the head ( five-lobed ):
30 µm

µm

Length of the furca:


Adhessive tubes:


Pharyx ( cylindrical ):
26 µm - 27 µm

Diameter of the mouth ( around ):
unknown

Dorsal scales:
no scales; two long, straight caudal spines (70-75 µm); 4 pairs of dorsolateral crossing spines

Ventral scales:
no scales; one pair of long, crossing hock spines (80-82 µm)

Oecology:
About digested sludge

Particularities:
inadequately described


Literature:

(Voigt, 1909)