Rotifer

Microscopic views of six different species of rotifer.

Figures 1-3 Brachíonus urceoláris Muller
Figures 4-5 Brachionus calyciflorus var. dorcas Gosse, (here styled Brachíonus dórcas)
Figure 6 Brachíonus rûbens Ehrenberg
Figure 7 Brachionus calyciflorus var. amphiceros Ehrenberg (here styled Brachíonus amphíceros)
Figure 8 Brachionus muelleri Ehrenberg (here styled Brachíonus mülléri)
Figures 9-10 Pómpholyx sulcáta Hudson

Figures 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 inscribed ‘P.H.G.’ Species listed on facing page ‘1. Brachíonus urceoláris side view 2. dorsal view 3. head-lobes; dorsal view 4. Brachíonus dórcas ventral view (& male) 5. side view 6. Brachíonus rûbens dorsal view (& male) 7. Brachíonus Amphíceros ventral view 8. Brachíonus Mülléri dorsal view 9. Pómpholyx sulcáta side view 10. front 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).