FIGURE 4. Floscularia conifera. A in Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Floscularia (Monogononta; Flosculariidae)

FIGURE 4. Floscularia conifera. A. Lateral view of the anterior end. B. Small colony with three individuals attached to a stem female (sf). C. Rings of dark pellets formed after three successive rain storms that took place over approximately three days: consult Edmondson (1945). D. Damaged tube of a solitary individual. Symbols: arrow = modulus with a dark pellet being formed; a = antenna; cm = colony mates; d = damaged region; lb = labium; m = mouth; mx = mastax; pt = pellet tube; r = rings of dark pellets; S = substratum; sf = stem female (previously solitary). Bars = 500 µm. (A. Reproduced from original art courtesy of W.T. Edmondson.)