FIGURE 7. Floscularia melicerta. A. Anterio-ventral view. B. 3 in Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Floscularia (Monogononta; Flosculariidae)

FIGURE 7. Floscularia melicerta. A. Anterio-ventral view. B. 3/4th Anterio-ventral view. C. Lateral view with little debris incorporated into its gelatinous tube; D. lateral view—tube with copious amounts of debris obscuring the gelatinous tube. A and B: Dashes outline the periphery of the gelatinous tube. Symbols: a = antenna; d = small bit of debris in the tube; gt = gelatinous tube; m = modulus; S = substratum. Bars: A, B = 100 µm; C, D = 500 µm. (C = From Hudson 1875.)