Chapter 4-5 Invertebrates Rotifers - Bryophyte Ecology - Michigan ...

4-5-12 Chapter 4-5: Invertebrates: Rotiferscontributing organic matter that could break down andprovide nutrients. However, there does not seem to be anyevidence that Microlejeunea or Frullania have thistrapping action.Figure 36. Bdelloid rotifer on lobule of Frullaniaeboracensis. Photo by Mark Pokorski.Figure 33. Frullania eboracensis with a rotifer in itslobule. Photo by Robert Klips.Figure 37. Lobules of Frullania eboracensis with dormantrotifers. These dormant stages could be resting eggs or cysts.Photo by Mark Pokorski.Figure 34. Bdelloid rotifers in lobules of Frullaniaeboracensis. Photos by Mark Pokorski.Figure 38. A Frullania lobule houses this rotifer. Photo byAndi Cairns.Figure 35. Frullania eboracensis with bdelloid rotifers asinhabitants. Photos by Mark Pokorski.Frullania seems to house rotifers of many species andlocations. Tom Thekathyil (Bryonet 19 November 2011)reports that he has found them living in lobules ofFrullania rostrata in New Zealand. Andi Cairns has foundthem in Australia (Figure 38).Figure 39. Microlejeunea ulicina with a rotifer emergentfrom a lobule. Scale is 50 µm. Photo by Blanka Shaw.