Bryceella stylata Milne 1886
Bryceella stylata; specimen from (6) showing also 2 light-refracting bodies (arrowheads)
 
Bryceella stylata; crop of above image(6)
 
Bryceella stylata (1); dorsoventral view; focus plane on the rostrum
 
Bryceella stylata (2); optical median section shows the conspicuous long lateral styli (S) and the apical bristles (triangles). Arrowheads: lateral antennae (Hattingen Oberstueter, tree moss, 13.02.2013). Sympatric with Bryceella perpusilla
 
Bryceella stylata (2); another specimen, vital staining of stomach with neutral red (Hattingen Oberstueter, tree moss, 13.02.2013)
 
Bryceella stylata (1); lateral view of a specimen whirling at a small ball of detritus.
 
Bryceella stylata (1); egg deposition; two focus planes.
 
Bryceella stylata (1); semi-macerated specimen showing the trophi and epipharyngeal structures. The arrows point to the openings of the lateral antennas.
 
Bryceella stylata (1); virgate trophi >> incus (= fulcrum + rami): rami with teeth on the inner margins (arrows) Left: specimen from 12/2022; right: specimen from Barentsøya 10.10.2017
 
Bryceella stylata (1); specimens kept in a sphagnum sample for several weeks showed parasites (yellow arrows). (28.12.2010)
 
Bryceella stylata; Detail image showing at least four parasites (Co: cililary organ) (28.12.2010)
 
Bryceella stylata; some days later: most of the specimens show infection with parasites. The parasites have conspicuous light refractive bodies. (02.01.2011)
 
Bryceella stylata; another developmental stage? (02.01.2011)
 
Bryceella stylata; specimen from (5); (lower image: crop of the above image); showing two structures that might be eyespots (arrowheads).
 
Bryceella stylata; left: lateral view of specimen from (8); right: dorsoventral view of specimen from (3)
 
Bryceella stylata; specimen from (7). Left: the arrows mark the cilia of the buccal field. The cirri of the ventral ciliary field are organised in special areas (?hypodermis cells?; marked by arrowheads.) These cirri show some minute regularly arranged hooks that maybe the bent tips of those cilia that are combined to cirri. Maybe the have a function for locomotion. Right image: detail of some cirri.
 
 
 
 
Location (1): Bargerveen, 52∞39'47.49"N / 7∞ 3'21.76"O (1), NS, Germany; pond
 
Habitat (1): detritus between Sphagnum-moss
 
Date: 02.05.2009 (1)
 
 
 
Location (2): Hattingen Oberstueter, NRW, Germany, forest
 
Habitat (2): tree moss, sympatric with B. perpusilla (2);
 
Date: 16.02.2013 (2)
 
 
 
Location (6): Hattingen Oberstueter, NRW, Germany, forest
 
Habitat (6): slime mold on dead tree (6);
 
Date: 26.01.2020 (6)
 
 
 
Location (7): Marscheider Wald, Wuppertal, NRW, Germany
 
Habitat (7): between Sphagnum-moss
 
Date : 07.04.2025 (7)
 
 
 
 
 
Location: NSG Heiliges Meer, NRW, Germany, "Seerosenteich" (3); Lanildut, Britanny, France, wall (5);
Habitat: between algae (3); dry moss(5);
Date: 27.04.2019 (3); coll.: 05.08.2019, img: 07.12.2019 (5);
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