Rotifers

Diurella percellus Gosse, Left side of extended specimen.

Diurella rousseleti Voigt. Side view of retracted specimen.

Diurella tenuior Gosse. Larger specimen, dorsal or dorso-dextral view.

Monostyla cornuta Ehr. Ventral view.

Monostyla bulla Gosse. Dorsal view.

Taphrocampa annulosa Gosse, as seen from above; body curved so that the food is not visible.

Taphrocampa annulosa Gosse. Side view.

Pleurotrocha parasitica n. sp. Ventral view.

Pleurotrocha parasitica n. sp. Side view.

Figure 2.A, B Collotheca ferox (A dorsal view B ventral view) C–F Collotheca orchidacea sp. n. (C, E frontal D, F dorsal). Scale bars: A–F = 100 µm (A, B by Rapeepan Jaturapruek).

Figure 4.A Collotheca heptabrachiata, lateral B Collotheca ornata, ventral C Stephanoceros fimbriatus, lateral D Collotheca stephanochaeta, lateral E Collotheca ambigua, ventral F Collotheca algicola, ventral G, H Collotheca ornata f. cornuta (G dorsal H lateral) I Collotheca campanulata f. longicaudata, attachment stalk J Collotheca ferox, ventral corona margin. Scale bars: A, B, D–H, J = 50 µm, C, I = 100 µm.

Figure 1.Pulchritia dorsicornuta gen. n., comb. n., compound photomicrograph.

Figures 2.Pulchritia dorsicornuta gen. n., comb. n., a habitus, dorsal b habitus, ventral c–e trophi c unci and incus, frontal d incus, caudal e left manubrium, external. Scale bars: a–b= 100µm, c–e= 25µm.

Diurella rousseleti Voigt. Side view of retracted specimen.

Elosa worrallii Lord, dorsal view, after Lord.

Figure 2.A, B Collotheca ferox (A dorsal view B ventral view) C–F Collotheca orchidacea sp. n. (C, E frontal D, F dorsal). Scale bars: A–F = 100 µm (A, B by Rapeepan Jaturapruek).

Figure 5.The uncinate trophi of Collothecidae species. A Collotheca ferox B Collotheca campanulata C Collotheca trilobata D Collotheca tenuilobata E Collotheca orchidacea sp. n. F Stephanoceros millsii. Scale bars: A, B, D, E = 5 µm, C, F = 10 µm.

Figure 3.Collotheca and Stephanoceros species. A Collotheca stephanochaeta, lateral B Collotheca campanulata f. longicaudata, ventral C Collotheca ornata, dorsal D Collotheca spec., lateral E Collotheca trilobata, lateral F Collotheca tenuilobata, ventral G Stephanoceros millsii, lateral H Stephanoceros fimbriatus, lateral. Scale bars: B–D = 50 µm, A, E, F = 100 µm, G, H = 250 µm.

Figure 1.Sampling sites in Thailand. S, C, N and NE represent sampling sites in the Southern, Central, North and Northeast part of Thailand, respectively. Map from GIS center, PSU.

Light microscopy photograph of Adineta ricciae in culture (by N.N.Pouchkina-Stantcheva and A.Tunnacliffe, UK). The large oval is an embryo, which will undergo direct development into a juvenile.

Keratella quadrata

Schematic drawing of lorica in Testudinella bicorniculata

Schematic drawing of lorica in Testudinella elongata

Overview of Brachionus manjavacas distributionBrachionus manjavacas distribution: overview