Rotifer - Mytilina or Salpina?

lukem321 · Post by **lukem321** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:24 pm

Is this the dorsal surface? If so, Mytilina would have a longitudinal fissure.

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:23 am

Nice shot !

Marek

piermicro · Post by **piermicro** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:06 am

Very nice.

vasselle · Post by **vasselle** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:17 am

Very nice picture

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:40 am

Thanks, all.
Luke, I don't see a lot of these in this sample, but if I find more I'll look for a longitudinal slot.
Thanks
Mike

verolet · Post by **verolet** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:57 am

Hi Mike
yes for Mytilina
Michel

actinophrys · Post by **actinophrys** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:22 pm

There isn't really a question of identification here; the answer to Mytilina or Salpina is that both actually mean the same thing. Salpina is one of several names Ehrenberg introduced for rotifers that it turned out had already been named by Bory, whose names now take priority. Some other examples are the obsolete names Pterodina for Testudinella, Dinocharis for Trichotria, and Triarthra for Filinia.

NIES offers this page which might be useful for checking synonyms like this; there's also a more or less complete list of rotifer species by Segers available here (pdf).

verolet · Post by **verolet** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 1:55 am

Yes, Actinophrys ,we can also complete by:
Mytilina Bory DE ST. VINCENT= Salpina EHRB. 1830 (= Diplax GOSSE 1851=Diplacidium LAUTERBORN 1913)
Michel

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:48 am

Very nice

Rotifer - Mytilina or Salpina?

Rotifer - Mytilina or Salpina?

Mytilina?