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Rotifer

Date

1886

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Description

Microscopic views of five different species of rotifer.

Figure 1-2 Oecístes umbélla Hudson (here styled Oecístes umbélla)
Figure 3-6 Mícrocodon clávus Ehrenberg (here styled Mícrocodon clávus)
Figure 7-8 Ptygura intermedia (here styled Oecístes intermédius)
Figure 9-10 Asplánchna priodónta Gosse (here styled Asplánchna priodónta)
Figure 11 Conochílus dossuárius Hudson (here styled Conochílus dossuárius)

Figure 9 inscribed ‘P.H.G’ and species listed on facing page ‘1. Oecístes umbélla dorsal view. 2. obliquely central view. 3. Mícrocodon clávus central view. 4. Mícrocodon clávus side view. 5. eye and brain. 6. jaws. 7. Oecístes intermédius side view. 8. young female. 9. Asplánchna priodónta contracted. 10. male. 11. Conochílus dossuárius side 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).

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Location

British Isles

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