Cephalodella catellina (Müller 1786)

Body short, stout, bulbous distally; abdomen laterally compressed; lorica flexible with wide lateral sulci separating indistinct lorica plates; foot short, ventral, with overhanging tail; toes short, straight, thin, conical; two separate red frontal eyespots. Mastax with ventral salivary glands (may be absent in small specimens); trophus type C: Right ramus with a tooth; long fulcrum slightly expanded distally; manubria rod-shaped, decurved, ending in semicircular dorsal expansion. Hooked manubria ends may result from hypochlorite digestion.

Total length 80-160 µm, toes 9-14 µm (18-20 µm in Harring & Myers 1924); trophus 27 µm (45 µm in Harring & Myers 1924); male 140 µm, toes 17 µm.

Balearic Archipelago, Spain (De Manuel et al. 1992); Maiorca (De Ridder 1967); Spain by De Ridder (1962). Roscoff by d’Hondt (1970), Baltic Sea by Rentz (1940), Baltic Sea by Remane (1929), Black Sea by Rudescu (1961); Germany by Althaus (1957a); France by De Ridder (1968); Senegal (De Ridder 1983); Finland Godske Bjorklund (1972b); Germany (Holstein) by Hauer (1925); Bolivia (Iltis et al. 1984); Poland by Wulfert (1943)

Cosmopolitan in fresh to brackish water, occasionally reported in coastal (marine) waters.

Australis
Palaearctis
Nearctis
Afrotropis
Orientalis
Neotropis
Antarctis

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella catellina (Müller, 1786)
Catalog number: 1129
Collection: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Prepared by: Bennetch, L M
Sex/stage/structure: females
Preparation: Slide Preparation
Specimen Count: 5

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella catellina (Müller, 1786)
Catalog number: UB017
Collection: Christian D. Jersabek, personal working collection, Salzburg, Austria
Prepared by: Jersabek, C D
Sex/stage/structure: females
Preparation: Slide Preparation; Microscope slide, pure Glycerine mount, NOA61 sealing, Asphaltum varnish ringing
Specimen Count: 2

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella catellina (Müller, 1786)
Catalog number: UB039
Collection: Christian D. Jersabek, personal working collection, Salzburg, Austria
Prepared by: Jersabek, C D
Sex/stage/structure: female
Preparation: Slide Preparation; Microscope slide, pure Glycerine mount, NOA61 sealing, Asphaltum varnish ringing
Specimen Count: 1

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella catellina (Müller, 1786)
Catalog number: UB157
Collection: Christian D. Jersabek, personal working collection, Salzburg, Austria
Prepared by: Jersabek, C D
Sex/stage/structure: females
Preparation: Slide Preparation; Microscope slide, pure Glycerine mount, NOA61 sealing, Asphaltum varnish ringing
Specimen Count: 2

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella catellina (Müller, 1786)
Catalog number: UB158
Collection: Christian D. Jersabek, personal working collection, Salzburg, Austria
Prepared by: Jersabek, C D
Sex/stage/structure: trophus, lorica
Preparation: Slide Preparation; Microscope slide, pure Glycerine mount, NOA61 sealing, Asphaltum varnish ringing
Specimen Count: 1

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella catellina (Müller, 1786)
Catalog number: 2005
Collection: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Prepared by: Jersabek, C D
Sex/stage/structure: trophus, lorica
Preparation: Slide Preparation; Microscope slide, pure Glycerine mount, NOA61 sealing, Asphaltum varnish ringing
Specimen Count: 1

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella catellina (Müller, 1786)
Catalog number: 0926
Collection: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Prepared by: Myers, F J
Sex/stage/structure: trophus
Preparation: Slide Preparation
Specimen Count: 1