Lepadella, Bory de St Vincent, 1826

Luo, Yongting & Segers, Hendrik, 2020, Eight new Lepadellidae (Rotifera, Monogononta) from the Congo bring to level endemism in Africa’s rotifers, Zootaxa 4731 (3), pp. 371-387 : 378

Lepadella sp. near acuminata sensu Baribwegure & Segers (2001)

In addition to the Lepadella described above, we found numerous specimens of the species referred to as Lepadella sp. near acuminata by Baribwegure & Segers (2001) from Burundi. The same animal was recorded before as L. cryphaea Harring, 1916 by Segers et al. (1993a) and, in contrast to the second author’s previous understanding, is not conspecific with L. elongata Koste, 1992 (see Segers & Dumont 1995), considering the quite different dorsal lorica patterns of both. We refrain from treating the taxon in more detail until more information becomes available.

Measurements (n=10). Lorica length: 90–95 (93), width: 58–64 (62), Head aperture width: 22–25 (23), Head aperture dorsal depth: 10–13 (12), Head aperture ventral depth: 17–19 (18), Foot aperture width: 14–16 (15), Foot aperture length: 26–28 (26), Toe length: 18–23 (21).