Image: Gatrotricha (South Africa)
Description: Gastrotricha from St. Lucia beach (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). The microphotographs were obtained using differential interference contrast microscopy. A – Dactylopodola australiensis (Macrodasyida), ventral view. B – Pseudostomella sp. (Macrodasyida), twisted juvenile. C – Halichaetonotus sp. (Chaetonotida), dorsal view. D – Halichaetonotus sp. (Chaetonotida), ventral view. E – Heteroxenotrichula squamosa (Chaetonotida), ventral view. F – Xenotrichula sp. (Chaetonotida), dorsal view.
Title: Gatrotricha (South Africa)
Credit: Todaro, M. A., Dal Zotto, M., Bownes, S. J., Perissinotto, R. (2011). First records of Gastrotricha from South Africa, with description of a new species of Halichaetonotus (Chaetonotida, Chaetonotidae). ZooKeys 142: 1–13. doi:10.3897/zookeys.142.2036
Author: M. Antonio Todaro, Matteo Dal Zotto, Sarah J. Bownes, Renzo Perissinotto
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