Ceriodaphnia laticaudata

(Figs. 3 – 4) Length about 0.4 – 0.45 mm, width about 0.66 – 0.7 of length. In lateral view, ephippium asymmetrical, narrowing posteriorly; dorsal margin straight; ventral margin regularly curved from postero-ventral to anterior margin which is almost perpendicular to dorsal margin (Figs. 3 A, E, 4 A – D). Paired latero-dorsal ridges absent (Figs. 3 B – C). A depression along dorsum separating two halves of ephippium well-visible; sculpture of dorsal plate as a few wavy longitudinal wrinkles and numerous spots of minute tubercles (Figs. 3 D, F). Egg locule visibly extending laterally (Figs. 3 B – C), without any wrinkles, but with numerous, densely located semicircular projections (Figs. 3 E – H) well-visible also under optical microscope (Fig. 4 E); a circular row of minute tubercles on each semicircular projection (Fig. 3 G). Space between egg locule and dorsal margin with low, flattened projections (not associated with any air-spaces), bearing minute tubercles (Fig. 3 F). Rest of ephippium surface covered by low, densely located flattened domes (Fig. 3 H) – external signs of air-spaces which are well-visible under light microscope (Figs. 4 C – F), each dome with a spot of minute tubercles. Ephippium with narrow ventral rim lacking any sculpture (Fig. 3 E).