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Asplanchna

Female rotifer Asplanchna with 3 Keratella rotifers captured by it
Female rotifer Asplanchna with 3 Keratella rotifers captured by it.
The Keratella eaten by the Asplanchna are most likely to be Keratella cochlearis (Gosse 1851). I could not identify the Asplanchna for certain because the internal organs were obscured by the 3 Keratella rotifers.

Asplanchna with Keratella rotifers inside its stomach
Asplanchna with Keratella rotifers inside its stomach





Asplanchia brightwelli male

Asplanchna brightwelli male

Asplanchna with Keratella rotifers inside its stomach, and male above

Asplanchna with Keratella rotifers inside its stomach, and male above