Cephalodella marina Myers 1924

Body moderately elongate, spindle-shaped, very slightly compressed laterally. Lorica very thin and flexible; foot fairly long, stout and conical, small tail. Toes short, very slender, slightly decurved and taper gradually to very acute tips. Corona decidedly oblique and somewhat convex without projecting lips. Trophus type A: fulcrum slightly expanded posteriorly, manubria slender, rodlike and not crotched. Gastric glands small; eyespot frontal and double, the two spheres rather wide apart. No RCO; dorsal antenna is unusually far back on the head. Total length 160-165 µm, toes 28-30 µm.

Italy, Venice Lagoon (Pasquali 1940); Germany (Ahlrichs 2003), USA (Myers collection); Continental water: Romania (Rudescu, 1960); Pontic province (Berzinš, 1978); N America (Berzin, 1978)

In tidal pools.

Nearctis

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella marina Myers, 1924
Catalog number: 1138
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

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella marina Myers, 1924
Catalog number: 19827
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: 3

syntypes for Cephalodella marina Myers, 1924
Catalog number: 466
Collection: American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Prepared by: Myers, F J
Sex/stage/structure: females
Preparation: Slide Preparation
Specimen Count: 3

Non-type voucher specimen for Cephalodella marina Myers, 1924
Catalog number: 0575
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