Floscularia rotifers

Microscopic views of three different species of rotifer.

Figure 1 Floscularia ringens (here styled Melicérta ringens)
Figure 2 Floscularia conifera (here styled Melicérta conifera)
Figure 3 Melicérta tubicolaria Hudson & Gosse

Inscribed ‘pl V’ top right, ‘C.T. Hudson del: ad nat:’ bottom left and on facing page ‘1. Melicérta ringens, central view, 1a. side view, 1b. retracted, 1c. do: head enlarged, 1d. young female, 1e. cluster, 1f.mastax. 2. Melicérta conífera, central view, 2a. dorsal view, 2b. side view, 2c. ciliated cup & chin sc:, 2d. mastax, oesophagus sc: 2e. muscles in neck. 3. Melicérta tubicolária central view, 3a. side view, 3b. young female, 3c. male. 4. Diagram of a Melicerta.'

Illustration from The original drawings of the Rotifer by Charles Thomas Hudson, 1886. A collaborative work with Philip Henry Gosse which was published in two volumes The Rotifera or Wheel-Animalcules (London 1886).