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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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Manfred Wanner; [Biometrische und rasterelektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an Testaceen-Schalen (Protozoa: Rhizopoda)] (Biometrical and Scanning Electronmicroscopical Investigations on Testacean Shells (Protozoa: Rhizopoda). Arch.Protistenkd. 136:97-106, 1988

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Six species of soil testacea from a spruce forest near Stuttgart, FRG ("Edelmannshof") are biometrically characterized and an "ideal-individual" is constructed for each of these species. Correlation analysis indicate that different shell parameters, especially depth, are varying in a manifold way. This points to allometrical growth and to an individual adaptation to the substratum, for example to use the watercontent of the substratum as best as possible.