Brachionidae is a family of
rotifer
The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.
They were first described by Rev. John H ...
s belonging to the order
Ploima
Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.
Families
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Ploima includes the following fifteen families:
* Asplanchnidae
*Brachionidae
* Dicran ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Anuraeopsis''
Lauterborn, 1900
* ''
Brachionus
''Brachionus'' is a genus of planktonic rotifers occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water.
Species
Species included in ''Brachionus'' include:
* '' Brachionus amsterdamensis'' De Smet, 2001
* '' Brachionus angularis'' Gosse, 1851
* ...
''
Pallas, 1766
* ''
Kellicottia''
Ahlstrom, 1938
* ''
Keratella''
Bory de St.Vincent, 1822
* ''
Notholca''
Gosse, 1886
* ''
Plationus''
Segers, Murugan & Dumont, 1993
* ''
Platyias''
Harring, 1913
* ''
Schizocerca''
References
Rotifer families
Ploima
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