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Setopus primus

  • Order: CHAETONOTIDA Remane, 1925
    • Suborder: PAUCITUBULATINA d'Hondt, 1971
      • Family: DASYDYTIDAE Daday, 1905
        • Subfamily:
          • Genus: Setopus Grünspan, 1908
            • Species: primus Grünspan, 1908
scetch
(after (Grünspan, 1908))
Length ( bottle ):
120 µm - 186 µm

Width:
34 µm - 42 µm

Width of the head ( five-lobed ):
39 µm - 52 µm

Width of the neck:
24 µm - 26 µm

Length of the furca:


Adhessive tubes (none):


Pharyx ( cylindrical ):
40 µm - 47 µm

Diameter of the mouth ( around ):
unknown

Dorsal scales:
No scales; dorsolaterally 3 pairs of single, slightly curved spines (46µm); two simple terminal spines (40-54 µm).

Ventral scales:
no scales; 4 eyelash tufts in two rows

Oecology:
weedy bog ponds; rare


Literature:

(Grünspan, 1908)