Rotifer

Microscopic views of five different species of rotifer.

Figures 1-3 Brachíonus pála Ehrenberg
Figues 4-5 Brachíonus bakéri Ehrenberg
Figure 6 Brachionus muelleri Ehrenberg (here styled Brachíonus Mülléri)
Figures 7-9 Brachíonus anguláris Gosse
Figures 10-11 Platyias quadricornis (here styled Nóteus quadricárnis)

Figure 4 and 5 inscribed ‘P.H.G.’ Species listed on facing page ‘1. Brachíonus pála dorsal view 2. ventral view 3. side view 4. Brachíonus Bakéri dorsal view 5. Male 6. Brachionus Mülléri 7. Brachíonus anguláris dorsal view 8. lorica; dorsal view 9. lorica; ventral view 10. Nóteus quadricárnis dorsal view 11. lorica; dorsal 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).