Encentrum astridae Sørensen, 2001

De Smet, Willem H., 2015, Rotifera from the Mediterranean Sea, with description of ten new species, Zootaxa 4028 (2), pp. 151-196 : 184

Encentrum astridae Sørensen, 2001

This species with large characteristic trophi ( Fig. 27 E) was found in sublittoral psammon from Elba Island, Tyrrhenian Sea, 50 m from shoreline, 40 m deep, September, water temperature 22 °C. It was originally described from subtidal coral sand at Gibbon Bay, Bermuda, NW Atlantic, and intertidal sand at Praestebugten, Hirsholmene, Denmark in the northern Kattegat, Baltic Sea ( Sørensen 2001a).

Figures

FIGURE 27. SEM photographs of trophi, complete sets. A. Cephalodella sp., lateral; B. Lindia elsae De Smet, dorsal; C. Encentrum sp. 1, ventral; D. Encentrum striatum Althaus, ventral; E. Encentrum astridae Sørensen, dorsal; F. Encentrum sp. 2, dorsal; G. Paradicranophorus sp. 1, dorsal; H. Paradicranophorus sp. 1, ventral; I. Paradicranophorus sp. 2, dorsal; Paradicranophoru s sp. 3, ventral. Scale bars: 10 µm.