Body size 200-400 micron. Lorica smooth or faintly striped. Foot opening tube-shaped. Body very broad and flat. Median anterior spines long, more or less curved. Posterior spines present short or long.
Brachionus manjavacas. A) Female at SEM; B) Female muscles at CLSM; C) Male muscles at CLSM; D) Trophi at SEMBrachionus manjavacas. A) Female specimen at SEM; B) Musculature of a female specimen at CLSM; C) Musculature of a male specimen at CLSM; D) Trophi at CLSM