Límnias rotifers

Microscopic views of three different species of rotifer.

Figure 1 Límnias ceratophylli Schrank (here styled Límnias ceratophylli)
Figure 2 Límnias annulata Bailey (here styled Límnias annulátus)
Figure 3 Cephalosiphon limnias Ehrenberg (here styled Cephalosiphon límnias)

Inscribed ‘Pl VI’ top right, ‘C.T. Hudson ad viv del.’ bottom left and on facing page ‘1. Límnias ceratophylli, central view, 1a. side view, contracted, 1b. side view, expanded, 1c. cluster, 1d. head, side view, 1e. buccal funnel, mastax sc, 1f. head & vascular system, 1g. young female. 2 Límnias annulátus central view, 2a. retracted, 2b. dorsal view, (head), 2c. head from above, 2d. head retracted. 3. Cephalosiphon límnias group, 3a. dorsal view, 3b. central view.’

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).