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Brachionus diversicornis (Daday 1883)

Morphology

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With four occipital spines, laterals longer than medians. Posterior spines two, unequal and divergent; the right spine usually longer. Four occipital spines, the laterals longer than the medians. Right posterior spine longer than the left. Toes characteristically with claws. With four occipital spines; the laterals longer than the medians. Two unequal and divergent posterior spines, the right spine usually long.

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Size

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Total length 258-430 µm; dorsal lorica length (without spines) 195-220 µm; width at the basis occipital lateral spines 70-129 µm; widest part 130-150 µm; anterior median sinus 10-18 µm wide, 20-22 µm deep; anterior lateral spines 60-100 µm; caudal projection or protuberance 10-20 µm (left), 20-85 µm (right).

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Biogeography

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Australis
Palaearctis
Afrotropis
Orientalis
Neotropis
Nearctis, Nearctic record: Specimen (ANSP 805), from La Crosse, Wisconsin (hitherto considered to be an Old World, Eastern-Hemispheric, species!).
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Collection specimen

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Non-type voucher specimen for Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883)
Catalog number: 0805
Collection: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Prepared by: Myers, F J
Sex/stage/structure: female
Preparation: Slide Preparation
Specimen Count: 1
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Collection specimen

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Non-type voucher specimen for Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883)
Catalog number: 0818
Collection: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Prepared by: Myers, F J
Sex/stage/structure: females
Preparation: Slide Preparation
Specimen Count: 2
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Collection specimen

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Non-type voucher specimen for Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883)
Catalog number: 1100
Collection: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Prepared by: Myers, F J
Sex/stage/structure: females
Preparation: Slide Preparation
Specimen Count: 2
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Collection specimen

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Non-type voucher specimen for Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883)
Catalog number: 39719
Collection: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
Prepared by: Myers, F J
Sex/stage/structure: females
Preparation: Slide Preparation; Microscope slide
Specimen Count: 2
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Collection specimen

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Non-type voucher specimen for Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883)
Catalog number: 39720
Collection: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
Prepared by: Myers, F J
Sex/stage/structure: female
Preparation: Slide Preparation; Microscope slide
Specimen Count: 1
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