Bryceella stylata; specimen from (6) showing also 2 light-refracting bodies (arrowheads) |
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Bryceella stylata; crop of above image(6) |
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Bryceella stylata (1); dorsoventral view; focus plane on the rostrum |
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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 |
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Bryceella stylata (2); another specimen, vital staining of stomach with neutral red (Hattingen Oberstueter, tree moss, 13.02.2013) |
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Bryceella stylata (1); lateral view of a specimen whirling at a small ball of detritus. |
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Bryceella stylata (1); egg deposition; two focus planes. |
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Bryceella stylata (1); semi-macerated specimen showing the trophi and epipharyngeal structures. The arrows point to the openings of the lateral antennas. |
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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 |
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Bryceella stylata (1); specimens kept in a sphagnum sample for several weeks showed parasites (yellow arrows). (28.12.2010) |
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Bryceella stylata; Detail image showing at least four parasites (Co: cililary organ) (28.12.2010) |
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Bryceella stylata; some days later: most of the specimens show infection with parasites. The parasites have conspicuous light refractive bodies. (02.01.2011) |
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Bryceella stylata; another developmental stage? (02.01.2011) |
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Bryceella stylata; specimen from (5); (lower image: crop of the above image); showing two structures that might be eyespots (arrowheads). |
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Bryceella stylata; left: lateral view of specimen from (8); right: dorsoventral view of specimen from (3) |
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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. |
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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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